Save the date for the 2020 Society of Authors’ Awards as we celebrate this year’s winners with a series of short online videos, in lieu of a real-life event.
We’ll also be joined by author and Waterstones Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell on the same day for a virtual Afternoon Tea to share in the excitement. Book here
The wide-ranging shortlists for the 2020 Society of Authors’ Awards encompasses 29 writers and illustrators who seek to share £100,000 prize fund. Check out all the shortlists here – including TV news presenter and Royal Television Society Award winner George Alagiah OBE; Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate, Brian Bilston; Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times Magazine staff writer and international bestseller, illustrator Nick Maland, winner of the Book Trust Early Years Award, and many more.
Buy this year’s shortlisted books via Blackwell’s to help donate towards our Contingency Fund – click here
Programme and timings
10.00 – Main announcement
11.00 – Somerset Maugham Awards
12.00 – The ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award
13.00 – Travelling Scholarships
14.00 – Paul Torday Memorial Prize
15.00 – The Queen’s Knickers Award
16.00 – Afternoon Tea with Cressida Cowell
17.00 – The McKitterick Prize
18.00 – The Cholmondeley Awards
19.00 – The Eric Gregory Awards
20.00 – Betty Trask Prize and Betty Trask Awards
Tickets: Free from https://www2.societyofauthors.org/event/save-the-date-the-2020-society-of-authors-awards-winners-announcement/
