Hello World
Hannah Fry
2018 The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
2018, and the 20th edition of the prize, saw a collection of books that illuminated the contemporary preoccupations with identity, artificial intelligence, man-made environmental disaster, and relations with Russia and China.
Shortlist announced
2 October 2018
Winner & prize ceremony
14 November 2018
What the judges said“It is a horror story – of political cynicism and scientific ignorance – in which the world was saved only by heroism and luck.”
The shortlist
What the judges said"We have read about history and war and science and spying. And along the way we’ve been thrilled, jolted, consoled, informed and illuminated.”
Meet the judges for 2018
The longlist, shortlist and winner is chosen by a panel of independent judges, which changes every year.
Fiammetta Rocco
Senior Editor and Culture Correspondent at The Economist
Susan Brigden
Winner of the 2013 Wolfson History Prize
Stephen Bush
Columinist and associate editor of The Financial Times
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon
President of the British Science Association
Nigel Warburton
Author and Philosopher
