Autumn leaves fall as our authors rise in the media.
George Harrison’s novel, Season (Lightning Books), was shortlisted for the Debut Fiction category of the Nero Book Awards and the Debut Novel category of the East Anglian Book Awards.
The 2025 debut fiction judges at Nero remarked that ‘Season captures perfectly the essence of male isolation in a sensitive, unsentimental way. Whether you love or loathe football culture, this book offers a glimpse of its vital place in the human heart.’
A further congratulations to Shafik Meghji, whose book Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America, has been named the Travel Narrative Book of the Year by the British Guild of Travel Writers.
This year’s judges ‘described this book as being beautifully written, a seductive historical narrative, and a fascinating and rewarding travelogue.’
The award-winning journalist, travel writer, author, editor, and broadcaster also made headlines in The Times, BBC Travel, The Observer, Geographical and a number of major outlets following the success of his book.
Don George at the BBC, wrote: ‘Combining the immediacy of a travel memoir with the depth of a scholarly history lesson, Small Earthquakes illuminates how Britain helped shape these nations through economic ventures, cultural exchange and political intervention, and how those regions in turn have reshaped Britain, from the Falklands conflict to canned Fray Bentos pies.’
Continuing the theme of travel, Daniel Stables’s article for the National Geographic Traveller, was named the Travel Feature of the Year!
Stables’s winning article recounted a summer hiking expedition in the remote Icelandic Highlands, exploring the region’s landscapes and folklore.
Stables was also nominated for Domestic Travel Writer of the Year. His debut narrative travel book Fiesta, is out now.
And it was wonderful to see FOUR agency writers from the stable in the British Guild of Travel Writers ‘Book Friday’ gift guide: Shafik Meghji, Daniel Stables, Mary Novakovich & Tim Bird.
In other news, if Anthony Gardner’s previous book, Fox – chosen as Book of the Year by Sue Gaisford in The Tablet – is anything to go by, All God’s Creatures is set to be just as successful.
Gardner has also already received up strong early coverage, with reviews from the Irish Examiner, Daily Mail, Nicholas Coleridge, Amanda Craig, The Tablet, The Crack and Jasper Rees.
The Irish Examiner described All God’s Creatures as ‘a wonderfully enjoyable tonic for our current reality’.
Nicholas Coleridge similarly noted: ‘This might be the wittiest book I’ve read in five years – hilarious, joyous and astute. Not a dud word from beginning to end. Highly recommended’.
All God’s Creatures was published and launched at Daunt Books Marylebone on November the 6th.
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