Shortlist Cundill History Prize and nomination Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

Chair of Jury of the Cundill Prize, Rana Mitter, said: “One element that stands out among the brilliant books on this shortlist is their timeliness. Although all are products of years of deep research, they touch on topics – the balance between freedom and responsibility, the need to account for and atone for war, the continuing rise of the Global South – that speak to major issues in the present day.”  More info

The longlist of Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction of 12 books  were chosen by this year’s judging panel: journalist, broadcaster and founder of China Dialogue, Isabel Hilton (chair); author and investigative journalist, Heather Brooke; comment and culture editor for New Scientist, Alison Flood; culture editor of Prospect, Peter Hoskin; writer and critic, Tomiwa Owolade; and author, restaurant critic and journalist, Chitra Ramaswamy. More info