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Hisham Matar has won the Rathbones Folio Prize 2017

We’re thrilled to see so much recognition for The Return, which has also won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award at the PEN America Literary Awards.

30 May 2017

Hisham Matar wins 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Biography

There has been more fantastic news for Hisham Matar, winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2016, as he has won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

11 Apr 2017

Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2017

The Biographers’ Club is now accepting submissions for The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2017. The Prize of £2,500 will be awarded to the best book by a first-time biographer . . .

1 May 2017

Hisham Matar wins PEN/Jean Stein Book Award

Hisham Matar, winner of The Biographers’ Club Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2016, has won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for his memoir The Return at the PEN America Literary Awards.

30 Mar 2017

Hisham Matar longlisted for Orwell Prize for Books

We are delighted to hear that Hisham Matar, winner of the 2016 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize for The Return has been longlisted for this year’s Orwell Prize for Books. ‘The Orwell Prize is Britain’s most prestigious prize for political…

20 Mar 2017

Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2016: The Winner

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Biographers’ Club Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2016 is Hisham Matar for The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between.

27 Jul 2016

Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2016

The Biographers’ Club is now seeking submissions for The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2016 (worth £3,500) . . .

5 Apr 2016

Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2015

2015 was the second year of Slightly Foxed’s support for the Biographers’ Club Best First Biography Prize, with a winner’s award of £3,500. The prize is given to the best book by a published first-time biographer.

1 Jan 2016

The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize – Shortlist Party 2015

This was the second year that we have sponsored the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize, which showcases new talent in the field of biography writing.

21 Oct 2015

Alan Cumming wins the 2015 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2015 (£3,500) has gone to Alan Cumming for his memoir Not My Father’s Son (Published by Canongate).

5 Nov 2015

Claudia Renton wins 2014 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2014 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize. The Prize dinner was held in the splendour of the National Liberal Club on Friday night, and we can now reveal the very worthy winner is Claudia Renton for Those Wild Wyndhams (WilliamCollins).

24 Nov 2014

Slightly Foxed Biography Prize Shortlist 2014

The shortlist for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2014 has been announced . . .

11 Aug 2014

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