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Richard Flanagan's Question 7 wins The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024
Beginning at a love hotel by Japan's Inland Sea and ending by a river in Tasmania , is about the choices we make about love and the chain reaction that follows. Exploring the value of life, Flanagan tackles far-ranging seemingly disparate personal and historical topics, from H.G. Wells' affair with Rebecca West , to the atomic bomb and his own near-death experience, expertly documenting life's chain reaction: from past to present to future.
The Baillie Gifford Prize recognises and rewards the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of any nationality. As the winner, Richard Flanagan will receive £50,000, with the other shortlisted authors each receiving £5,000, bringing the total prize value to £75,000.
was chosen by this year's judging panel: journalist, broadcaster and founder of (chair); author and investigative journalist, ; comment and culture editor for , ; culture editor of , ; writer and critic, ; and author, restaurant critic and journalist, . Their selection was made from 349 books published between 1 November 2023 and 31 October 2024 .
, the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction's podcast, will release an episode devoted to the winner of the 2024 award, hosted by Georgina Godwin and featuring Richard Flanagan . It will be available the week following the winner announcement.
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