Ted Hughes
Jonathan Bate
2015 The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
The 17th edition of the prize saw the chaos of war zones and the internal battles of the mind, to meditations on landscape and the relationship between life and poetry, all aspects of humanity were represented in these exciting lists of nominated books.
Longlist announced
22 September 2015
Shortlist announced
11 October 2015
Winner & prize ceremony
2 November 2015
What the judges said“Neurotribes is tour de force of archival, journalistic and scientific research, both scholarly and widely accessible.”
The shortlist
What the judges said"Our list includes some exceptional books, which capture – among other things - the politics of troubled countries, the relationship of life to poetry, the historical understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders and the nature of the new digital world.”
The longlist
Meet the judges for 2015
The longlist, shortlist and winner is chosen by a panel of independent judges, which changes every year
Anne Applebaum
2004 winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Emma Duncan
Social policy editor of The Economist
Professor Rana Mitter
Director of the University China Centre at the University of Oxford
Sumit Paul-Choudhury
Former Editor-In-Chief of New Scientist
Tessa Ross
Former Controller of Film and Drama and head of Film 4
