PAST WINNERS 2022


 


2021


 


2020


Queenie 


2019


 


2018


 


ALSO SHO HONEY&


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SH RTLITLISTED Y & SPICE


THE SATSUMA THE RABBIT H IT HUTCH


TED


ED A COMPLEX


LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY THE WHALEBONE THEATRE


 


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ouise Kennedy’s 1970s Northern Ireland-set début, Trespasses, was a blazing success in this category. The judges were deeply moved by this beautifully written tale of forbidden love: “It is one


of the best books I have ever read,” declared one judge; a “masterpiece”, agreed another. Trespasses “introduced me to a completely different world I didn’t know anything about”, said one judge; Kennedy is “writing about the Troubles in a way I haven’t read before”, added another. The judges also praised the eye-catching jacket design, created by deputy creative director Greg Heinimann, and Bloomsbury’s commitment to author care on the publicity trail. Trespasses was the critics’ most-picked book of the year in 2022 and the judges are eager to see what Kennedy, a standout début writer in her fifties, writes next.


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