The British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. Since 2017 I have worked with the organisation on the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize which rewards ground-breaking research-based non-fiction from around the world.

As well as consulting on the development of the Prize, I have led the communications strategy to take this important literary prize to a wider national and international audience and to significantly increase engagement with publishers. This has been achieved through media, events and partnerships.

Since a complete restructuring of the Prize in 2018, the number of submissions and breadth of media coverage has continued to grow year-on-year.

Media coverage has been far reaching – including news and interviews on BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight and Free Thinking; BBC World Service Newshour; The Observer; multiple stories via news agencies Press Association, Press Trust India, EFE; Five Books; Literary Hub; The Bookseller; BookBrunch and Publishing Perspectives. We are also delighted to have developed a successful partnership with the London Review Bookshop..

Do you have a literary prize that needs a radical re-think? Do get in touch.