Cape author Helen Macdonald wins the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2014 for H is for Hawk

At the prize giving ceremony held at RIBA last night the judges, chaired by Claire Tomalin, awarded Helen Macdonald the UK's premier prize for non-fiction, worth £20k. It is the first time a memoir wins the prize. Previous winners include Lucy Hughes-Hallett The Pike, Philip Hoare Leviathan, or the Whale and Kate Summerscale The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and Vintage author Wade Davis Into th...



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