Baillie Gifford Prize

Rewarding excellence in non-fiction and bringing the best in intelligent reflection on the world to new readers.

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📣 Meet the 2026 #BGPrize2026 for Non‑Fiction judging panel:
@thatkirstylang will chair the 2026 #BaillieGiffordPrize for Non‑Fiction, joined by @beacarvalhoe, @tiffanyjenkins, @questingvole, @ravmattu and @Elif_Safak
Submissions now open for publishers!
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Introducing ➡️ Summer reads: The Judges Recommend 📚

While our judges pick this year's longlist, they're sharing their personal summer reads!
First up tomorrow: Chair @thatkirstylang's pick 👀
#BookRecommendations #SummerReading #NonFiction #BGPrize2026

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📣 The 2026 #BGPrize2026 for Non‑Fiction judging panel is announced and submissions are now open for publishers!
@thatkirstylang will chair the 2026 #BaillieGiffordPrize for Non‑Fiction, joined by @beacarvalhoe, @tiffanyjenkins, @questingvole, @ravmattu and @Elif_Safak 📚

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Raw. Intimate. Fearless. Addictive. Garner’s collected diaries have taken the literary world by storm.
Surprise the book lover in your life with something unforgettable this Christmas 🎄– the #BGPrize2025 winner, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story:
https://t.co/Pt8o7e0DW7

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This time last week... What a night it was! 🎉 The #BGPrize2025 winners ceremony, generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, was one to remember.
Relive some of the most memorable moments from last week's action here 👇

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Pratinav Anil shares a moment from How to End a Story that captures Helen Garner at her most unflinching. Garner doesn’t sugarcoat heartbreak, she confronts it head-on, with fire and feeling.
You don’t just leave. You fight your way out. @pratinavanil #BGPrize2025

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“I wrenched the cap off his Mont Blanc pen and stabbed the proof copy.”
Rage, heartbreak, and ink, Helen Garner at her most raw.
Hear from @RobbieTimes as he reads his favourite moment from How to End a Story, #BGPrize2025 winning book.

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A diary, a confession, a reckoning. Rachel Lloyd reflects on Helen Garner’s words as night falls over the gum trees.
The judges have shared their favourites, now tell us yours. What line from How to End a Story do you love most? #BGPrize2025

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Sharp, unapologetic, and very Helen Garner. @PParkerWriting shares his favourite line from How to End a Story.
What’s your favourite line from How to End a Story?
Get your copy via the link below: https://t.co/qITOVvatg0
#BGPrize2025

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A first meeting heavy with tension, a dream laced with desire. @LucyHH shares the How to End a Story passage that captures the pull between truth and temptation, where Helen Garner’s story truly begins.
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The judges revisit the lines that lingered with them from Helen Garner’s How to End a Story, winner of the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize! @InayaFolarin chooses a passage every writer will recognise, the fear of falling short and the beauty of writing anyway ⬇️
#BGPrize2025 📙

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The Baillie Gifford Prize 2025... Here's what our judges had to say about our winner ⬇️ #BGPrize2025
@RobbieTimes @LucyHH @pratinavanil @PParkerWriting @InayaFolarin @orionbooks @wnbooks

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📚 And the winner is… Helen Garner for her book How to End a Story!
🏆 Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025.
✨ Don’t just read about it - own it! Grab your copy today: https://t.co/Pt8o7e0DW7
👏#BGPrize2025 @orionbooks @wnbooks

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🔔Breaking news from the Winner Ceremony:
Helen Garner takes home the Baillie Gifford Prize 2025 for How to End a Story! Huge congratulations to Helen and all of the shortlisted authors! @orionbooks @wnbooks
#BGPrize2025 #Reading #NonFiction

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📹Live from the #BGPrize2025 winner ceremony: We asked our shortlisted authors...How are you feeling ahead of the winner announcement?

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📢The wait is nearly over... Tomorrow, the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 will be announced!
Join us for the live-streamed Winner Ceremony, generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, on YouTube: https://t.co/ggOEOit7CT
#BGPrize2025

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Quickfire question time with Richard Holmes, author of #BGPrize2025 shortlisted book, The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief. Take a look at Richard's answers ⬇️
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Quickfire question time with Adam Weymouth, whose Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe is shortlisted for the #BGPrize2025
Listen to his answers below ⬇️
@PenguinUKBooks

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Quickfire question time with Jason Burke, author of the #BGPrize2025 shortlisted book The Revolutionists. Take a look at his answers below ⬇️
@burke_jason @vintagebooks @TheBodleyHead