These were Seascraper by Benjamin Wood for the fiction award, Death Of An Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry for the non-fiction award, and My Soul, A Shining Tree by Jamila Gavin for the children’s fiction award. Hornby said he believed A Family Matter would be “read and thought about for years to come.”“It is both readable and intelligent, and it offers hope and consolation,” he added. The Nero Book Awards were established by coffee house group Caffe Nero in 2023 in partnership with The Booksellers Association and Brunel University of London. Caffe Nero founder and chief executive Gerry Ford said: “As the Nero Book Awards continue to grow, it becomes even harder to pick the Nero Gold Prize winner. “These awards were established to discover the best talent being published in the UK and Ireland, and Claire Lynch is a great example of this.

Source: The Herald March 05, 2026 04:39 UTC