Shortlist
The Old Ways
Robert MacFarlane
The UK's premier annual prize for non-fiction books
Get ready for another year of brilliant non-fiction with this year's judges, chaired by Isabel Hilton, for the 26th edition of the Prize. Keep your eyes peeled for more information...
Entries opened
4 April 2024
Winner & prize ceremony
19 November 2024
We are delighted to announce that John Vaillant is the winner of the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize.
1599
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
Published by: Faber & Faber
The prize provides a growing list of books by astonishing authors to inspire, educate and inform.
To celebrate 25 years of the prize in 2023, we shared this one-off documentary with you. All The Best Stories Are True explores the history of the prize. From nail-biting moments to life changing stories, the documentary uncovers how the prize started out as the non-fiction rival to the Booker, and what the next two and a half decades hold for readers and writers in a world now steeped in ‘fake news’.
Find out more about all the books that made the 2022 longlist and shortlist here.