The British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding shortlist 2022

I'm keen to read more great new nonfiction and The British Academy Book Prize for Global Understanding shortlist offers a fascinating & diverse selection of titles from different countries. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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Winner announced: October 26, 2022

Public event on October 24 - all the shortlisted authors will be in conversation with Rosie Goldsmith: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/e...

Purchase copies of the books from London Review Bookshop: https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.u...

Find out more about the Prize: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p...

Books shortlisted:

Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession and Genius in Modern China by Jing Tsu

The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness by Katie Booth

Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich by Harald Jahner

Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village by Marit Kapla

Horizons: A Global History of Science by James Poskett

When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold by Alia Trabucco Zeran


My review of The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...

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