Roy Jenkins
John Campbell
2014 The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
Memoirs prevailed in the 16th edition of the prize. With a widow's searing and humane account of her husband's loss of speech and death, a professor's account of a life in literature, an insight into the life and work of a neurosurgeon, a woman's story of training a goshawk, reflections on vanished provincial England and a post-war portrait of the parents of musician Ben Watt.
Longlist announced
2 September 2014
Shortlist announced
9 October 2014
Winner & prize ceremony
4 November 2014
The winner
H is for Hawk
Published by: Vintage
What the judges said“Brought to life in prose sometimes technical and always striking…Writing about wild life and the environment has never been better or better informed than this.”
The shortlist
A prestigious shortlist of books are selected each year for the prize.
What the judges said“We found a consistently high quality of writing - clarity, colour, enthusiasm, vigour – and authors who were intellectually and emotionally engaged with their subjects. "
The longlist
The Baillie Gifford Prize rewards excellence in non-fiction writing
Meet the judges for 2014
The longlist, shortlist and winner is chosen by a panel of independent judges, which changes every year
Claire Tomalin
Vice-President of the Royal Literary Fund, the Royal Society of Literature and English PEN.
Alan Johnson MP
Former Secretary of the Communication Workers Union
Lorien Kite
Deputy Editor of Financial Times Life and Arts
Ray Monk
Author of biographies for Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, amongst others.
Ruth Scurr
Winner of a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2000
