Wednesday, July 08, 2015

The Royal Society of Literature July News

  • We are now accepting submissions for the 2015 RSL Jerwood Awards for Non-Fiction. These awards, one of £10,000 and two of £5,000, are open to writers engaged on their first commissioned works of non-fiction. UK and Irish citizens and those who have been resident in the UK for the past three years are eligible. 

  • Visit the RSL website to download an application form. Applications must be submitted by Monday 7 September 2015 and addressed to: Paula Johnson, RSL Jerwood Awards for Non-Fiction, Royal Society of Literature, Somerset House, London WC2R 1LA. 

  • The 2015 judges are Jonathan Beckman, Jonathan Keates and Kate Summerscale.

RSL/ Booker Prize Foundation Autumn Masterclasses

How to write a comic novel with Howard Jacobson 
5 September, 10.30am, Somerset House

Adapting books into films with Deborah Moggach, pictured,
24 October, 10am, Llandrindod Wells Library, Wales

Putting it into words with
Simon Armitage
22 November, 10.30am, Marsden Library, West Yorkshire

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