Read Smart Podcast: The 2023 Shortlist Episode
Tune into the special shortlist episode of the Read Smart podcast, which features the Baillie Gifford Prize live event from the Cheltenham Literature Festival last Sunday. Hear Chair of Judges…
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The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction announces shortlist for 2023
The 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist – the six books in the running to win this year’s prize – has been announced! The list was announced by the chair of…
Read Smart Podcast: The 2023 Longlist
Tune into the latest episode of the Read Smart podcast, where two of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction judges – Arifa Akbar and Ruth Scurr – will be delving…
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Announces Longlist for 2023
This year's judges have announced the 13 books that make up the Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist for 2023. The judges are: literary editor of Financial Times, Frederick Studemann (chair); award-winning…
Ken Burns’ The U.S. and the Holocaust Receives Emmy Nominations
We are thrilled to announce that The U.S. and the Holocaust, a documentary film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, has been nominated for three Emmy Awards! The…
Imperial War Museum London reveals opening date of new war galleries
The Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries will open at IWM London on 10 November 2023, ahead of Remembrance Sunday. The Galleries will include around 500 works from IWM’s collection, which includes over 23,000 hours of footage and over 12 million photographs.
Behind the scenes as the National Portrait Gallery reopens
The cost was originally supposed to be £35.5 million. In fact it has come in at just over £41 million. But that overspend, Cullinan says, was deliberate, after the gallery…
The Better Angels Society, Supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, Introduces New President
The Better Angels Society, the non-profit dedicated to sharing American history through documentary films and supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, today announced the appointment of Katherine Malone-France as the…
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction announces judges for 2023
Today, 23 May 2023, The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction announces the full judging panel for the 2023 award. Chair of Judges, Frederick Studemann, Literary Editor of Financial Times, will…
Read Smart Podcast: James Shapiro – The Winner of Winners
The latest episode of The Read Smart Podcast is dedicated to the Winner of Winners, James Shapiro, who won the 25th-anniversary award two weeks ago today with 1599: A Year In…
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