Announcing the Winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018

The Winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018 is Richard Lloyd Parry, for Ghosts of The Tsunami  A work of literary non-fiction that travels deep into the grief, the trauma and the mysteries of the remote communities that lived through the Japanese earthquake and...

Announcing: the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018 Shortlist

The Rathbones Folio Prize 2018 Shortlist, judged by Jim Crace, Nikesh Shukla, and Kate Summerscale, is as follows: Anything Is Possible – Elizabeth Strout (Viking) Conversations With Friends – Sally Rooney (Faber) Exit West – Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton) Ghosts of...

Mentors Announced: Rathbones Folio Mentorships

A L Kennedy, Ross Raisin, Kamila Shamsie and Evie Wyld confirmed as mentors for inaugural Rathbones Folio Mentorship scheme, in association with First Story 20 September 2017: Four Rathbones Folio Academicians were selected by ballot from a pool of nearly 100 writers...

The Winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize 2017

Hisham Matar wins inaugural Rathbones Folio Prize Hisham Matar has been announced as the winner of the inaugural Rathbones Folio Prize. Matar received the award for THE RETURN; Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, a profound and powerful memoir of his search, both...

Announcing the Mentoring Initiative

The Rathbones Folio Prize announces dynamic new mentoring initiative as Folio Academy expands its role + confirms judges, key dates Tuesday, 14 March 2017: Together with its sponsor, Rathbone Investment Management, The Folio Prize Foundation is delighted to announce...