Will Schutt wins the Yale Younger Poets Prize 2012
Will Schutt has been awarded the Yale Younger Poets Prize 2012. Schutt’s volume Westerly will be published in…
Prizes and Competitions
‘The Unfinished Revolution’ is shortlisted for the Longman-History Today ‘Book of the Year’ Award
James Mark’s comprehensive book The Unfinished Revolution has been shortlisted for the prestigious Longman-History Today ‘Book of the Year’ Award….
Pevsner 60th Anniversary Photography Competition: Winner Announced!
Congratulations to Nick Haynes, whose photograph of Charing Cross Mansions, Glasgow has won the Pevsner 60th Anniversary Photography Competition….
Yale’s London website is shortlisted for the Bookseller’s Futurebook Digital Innovation Awards
Yale University Press London’s website (yalebooks.co.uk), has been nominated for a Futurebook Digital Innovation Award, in the ‘best…
The Longman-History Today Book of the Year longlist is announced, with three Yale titles in the running
Yesterday evening History Today magazine announced the longlist for the prestigious Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award….
Books Unbound: Non-Fiction Literary Prizes. Are they Useful?
It has been an exciting year for Yale University Press titles, with a large selection winning prestigious literary…
Michael Hunter wins Samuel Pepys prize for ‘Boyle: Between God and Science’
Historian Michael Hunter has won the 2011 Samuel Pepys Award for his fascinating biography of 17th-century scientist and…
Competition: 5 copies of our new Illustrated Edition of ‘A Little History of the World’ to give away on Twitter!
To celebrate the publication of E. H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition we will be giving away…
Jeffrey Herf’s ‘Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World’ has won the Sybil Halpern Milton Prize
Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World by Jeffrey Herf has won the 2011 Sybil Halpern Milton prize, awarded by…
Nigel Smith’s ‘Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon’ makes the shortlist for Best First Biography Prize
Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon, Nigel Smith’s definitive account of the British poet’s elusive life, has made the shortlist for the…
Pevsner Guide to Cumbria is awarded the Michael Berry Prize for Guides, Walks and Places
The Pevsner Guide to Cumbria by Matthew Hyde has been awarded the The Michael Berry Prize for Guides, Walks and Places in…
‘Spider Silk’ longlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating by Leslie Brunetta and Catherine L. Craig has…
Three Yale titles make the shortlist for the William M.B. Berger Prize for British Art History
Three Yale University Press books have been shortlisted for the William M.B. Berger Prize for British Art History,…
Nicholas Thomas wins the Wolfson History Prize for ‘Islanders’
Yale author Nicholas Thomas has been awarded the prestigious Wolfson History Prize for his book Islanders: The Pacific…
David Bentley Hart wins the Michael Ramsey prize for ‘Atheist Delusions’
David Bentley Hart’s provocative book Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies has won the Michael…