Samuel Johnson News - The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction | non-fiction award | Jacob Weisberg | Dr Mark Lythgoe | Tim Marlow | Munira Mirza | Sarah Sands | Colman Getty Consultancy http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/ Samuel Johnson en-uk Copyright 2010 Samuel Johnson Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:10:53 GMT EVAN DAVIS, ECONOMIST AND JOURNALIST, CHAIRS STELLAR JUDGING PANEL FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE The panel for the 2010 Prize is announced today, 5 February. Chaired by Evan Davis, economist, journalist and BBC presenter, the panel consists of author and arts editor for the Financial Times, Jan Dalley; executive editor of The Times Daniel Finkelstein; editor of New Scientist, Roger Highfield; and best-selling historian Stella Tillyard. http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=23 Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT LEVIATHAN, OR THE WHALE by Philip Hoare wins £20,000 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize A book about a life long obsession with whales inspired by the literary classic Moby-Dick has won the UK's most prestigious non-fiction prize. http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=22 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:40:00 GMT AN OBSESSIVE TALE ABOUT WHALES IS WILLIAM HILL'S 2/1 FAVOURITE FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE After Herman Melville published his book, Moby Dick, in 1851, no one saw whales in quite the same way again. But what is the true nature of the whale? Why does it fascinate us? In Leviathan, Phillip Hoare seeks to locate and identify his life-long obsession with whales. http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=21 Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION DOMINATE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON SHORTLIST The judges for the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize announced the shortlist today, 22 May. Now in its eleventh year the prize is worth £20,000 to the winner. http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=20 Fri, 22 May 2009 00:10:00 GMT BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON LONGLIST ANNOUNCED Michael Holroyd's first major biography in fifteen years on longlist up against Alain de Botton and Richard Holmes http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=19 Thu, 14 May 2009 00:10:00 GMT The 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction The UK's most prestigious non fiction prize has been renamed the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction it was announced today http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=18 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT BBC FOUR SAMUEL JOHNSON WINNER ANNOUNCED 'Absolutely riveting'account of 19th century detective wins the 10th Anniversary Prize http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=15 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:30:00 GMT BBC FOUR SAMUEL JOHNSON SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED Authorized biography of V.S. NAIPAUL - one of the most compelling literary figures of the last fifty years - makes shortlist http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=14 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT BBC FOUR SAMUEL JOHNSON LONGLIST ANNOUNCED The judges for the 2008 BBC FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize announced the longlist today, 16th April. http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=13 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT 10th Anniversary Year, Judging Panel Announced Rosie Boycott to Chair The 2008 BBC FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=12 Thu, 7 Feb 2008 00:10:00 GMT American Reportage At Its Best Wins £30,000 BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize Imperial Life in the Emerald City, a startling account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone was tonight named the winner of the BBC FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for 2007. Its author, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, receives a cheque for £30,000. http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=11 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT