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Rathbones Folio Prize Constitution

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Rathbones Folio Prize 2018 Ceremony

Rathbones Folio Prize 2018 Ceremony

On 8 May 2018, the Rathbones Folio Prize was awarded to Richard Lloyd Parry, for his Ghosts of the Tsunami, at a ceremony held at the British Library. The ceremony welcomed over 350+ guests, and the winner was announced by chair of judges, Jim Crace.

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Rathbones Folio Prize Winner 2018 – Selected Press Coverage

Rathbones Folio Prize Winner 2018 – Selected Press Coverage

BBC Radio 4 Front Row Podcast  Interview with Richard Lloyd Parry, available from 9.5.18   The Guardian  Ghosts of the Tsunami Wins Folio Prize for Deeply Felt Reportage of 2011 Disaster 08.05.18   The Times  Times Writer Richard Lloyd Parry's Haunting Tale...

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The Bookseller Reports

The Bookseller Reports

Hisham Matar has won the first £20,000 Rathbones Folio Prize for his "profound and powerful" memoir The Return (Viking). The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between details Matar's search, both physical and psychological, for his missing father, and was praised...

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The Guardian Reports

The Guardian Reports

A month after it secured him a Pulitzer prize, Hisham Matar’s memoir The Return has won the Rathbones Folio prize. The Return tells the story of Matar’s journey to his native Libya in search of his missing father, Jaballa, following the fall of Muammar Gadafi’s...

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