More infoA Bristol-based debut author has been named the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. Harriet Baker was honoured with the prestigious prize for Rural Hours - hailed as "sparkling" and a "glorious surprise" by judges. It tells the story of the three different women, who were all forever changed by moving to the countryside. Founded in 1991, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award recognises the best literary work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish writer aged 35 or under. The other contenders for the award were Moses McKenzie’s sophomore novel Fast by the Horns, debut novelist Scott Preston's The Borrowed Hills and poet Ralf Webb's non-fiction debut Strange Relations.

Source: The Times March 18, 2025 23:18 UTC