Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.
The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction is a major new annual book prize that celebrates exceptional narrative non-fiction by women. The Prize promotes excellence in writing, robust research, original narrative voices and accessibility, showcasing women's expertise across a range of fields. The Prize will be awarded annually and is open to all women writers from across the globe who are published in the UK and writing in English. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited-edition artwork known as the 'Charlotte', both gifted by the Charlotte Aitken Trust.
The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction is an annual book prize inaugurated in 2024 that celebrates exceptional narrative non-fiction by women. The Prize promotes excellence in writing, robust research, original narrative voices and accessibility, showcasing women's expertise across a range of fields.
The Prize will be awarded annually and is open to all women writers from across the globe who are published in the UK and writing in English. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited-edition artwork known as the 'Charlotte', both gifted by the Charlotte Aitken Trust.
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2025 longlist
- Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World Anne Applebaum
- Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age Eleanor Barraclough
- The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV Helen Castor
- A Thousand Threads Neneh Cherry
- The Story of a Heart Rachel Clarke
- Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
- Ootlin Jenni Fagan
- Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love and the Hidden Order of Life Lulu Miller
- Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elżbieta Zawacka Clare Mulley
- By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land Rebecca Nagle
- Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin Sue Prideaux
- What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World’s Ocean Helen Scales
- The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place Kate Summerscale
- Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men Harriet Wistrich
- Tracker Alexis Wright
- Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China Yuan Yang
2024
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Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World Naomi Klein Winner
Read Troy's review of Doppelganger - Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death Laura Cumming
- A Flat Place Noreen Masud
- All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake Tiya Miles
- Code-Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI Madhumita Murgia
- How to Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir Safiya Sinclair
