RSL Christopher Bland Prize

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The '''RSL Christopher Bland Prize''' has been inaugurated by the [[Royal Society of Literature]] to encourage the work of older writers. It is to be awarded annually to an author of a fiction or non-fiction book who was first published when aged 50 or over. The prize is valued at £10,000 and was launched in September 2018. It is named in recognition of [[Christopher Bland|Sir Christopher Bland]], who was 76 when his first novel was published.<ref> The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref>

The initial panel of judges was chaired by [[Gillian Slovo]], and comprised [[Sanjeev Bhaskar]], [[Archie Bland]] (son of Sir Christopher) and Anne Chisholm.<ref></ref>

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" width="10%"|Year
! scope="col" | Author
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Publisher
|-
! scope="row" | [[2019 in literature|2019]]<ref></ref>
| [[Raynor Winn]] || ''The Salt Path'' || Michael Joseph
|}

==Shortlists==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" width="10%"|Year
! scope="col" | Author
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Publisher
|-
! rowspan=6 | [[2019 in literature|2019]]<ref></ref>
| Thomas Bourke || ''The Consolation of Maps'' || Riverrun
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|[[Barbara Jenkins]]||''De Rightest Place'' ||[[Peepal Tree Press]]
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| A. J. Pearce || ''Dear Mrs Bird'' ||[[Picador (imprint)|Picador]]
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| Roland Philipps || ''A Spy Named Orphan'' ||[[The Bodley Head]]
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| Alex Reeve || ''The House on Half Moon Street'' || Raven Books
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| '''Raynor Winn''' || '''''The Salt Path''''' || '''Michael Joseph'''
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://bit.ly/30WM7Ho Official website]

[[Category:Royal Society of Literature awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2018]]
[[Category:British fiction awards]]
[[Category:British non-fiction literary awards]]

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