PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2021

Click on the books below to listen to the authors discuss their books on podcasts.

The Hessell-Tiltman prize of £2,000 is awarded annually for a non-fiction book of specifically historical content.

PEN Hessell -Tiltman Prize

Winner

Book cover of Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art 

Rebecca Wragg Sykes

Shortlist

Book cover for Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick

Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town

Barbara Demick

Book cover of Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present by Chris Gosden

Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present 

Chris Gosden

Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood

Helen McCarthy

Book cover of The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 by Sinclair McKay

The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945

Sinclair McKay

Book cover of Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire by Sujit Sivasundaram

Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire

Sujit Sivasundaram

Book cover of Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention by Ben Wilson

Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind’s Greatest Invention

Ben Wilson

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