[sotd] Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction [August 23, 2012]
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- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:19:04 -0300
Site of the Day for Thursday, August 23, 2012
Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
Today's site presents the official home of the most important British award
for nonfiction books -- the Samuel Johnson Prize. Gentle Subscribers, who
have burned through their seasonal complement of beach books and are
concerned that their minds may be turning to mush, will discover a welcome
collection of thought-provoking titles to add to their autumn reading
lists.
"The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction is one of the UK's most
prestigious literary prizes. Worth £20,000 to the winning author, it is
the 13th year of the prize which aims to reward the best non-fiction
published in the UK, from biography, travel and popular science to the arts
and current affairs." - from the website
This unassuming and uneven site provides information about the history of
the Samuel Johnson Prize, awarded since 1999. Of particular note is the
Previous Winners section, which proffers each year's Long List, generally
between 15 and 20 titles, the Short List, which winnows the contenders to
the final front runners, and profiles of the judges. For more recent years
entries include summaries for both Long and Short List volumes, while less
detail has been supplied for titles from the early years of the Prize.
Hop over to the site for a useful reference for noteworthy nonfiction books
at:
http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/
A.M. Holm
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