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  1. April 2024 marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Deborah Rogers, after which this Foundation was set up in her memory. So this seems the appropriate moment to celebrate the positive impact that the DRF has made to our industry by supporting emerging talent in the publishing world.

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      In 2023 judges Abdulrazak Gurnah (chair), Claire Adam and...

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    In 2023 judges Abdulrazak Gurnah (chair), Claire Adam and Annalena McAfee judged a longlist of nine entries, and pronounced Neil Rollison as the winner of the 2023 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award for his novel, The Dead Don ’t Bleed. The two runners up were Michelle Alipao Chikaonda for The Dying Embers of Our Setting Sunand Alicia McAuley ...

    Sharlene Teowas the winner of the inaugural 2016 DRF Writers Award for her novel Ponti. Pontiwas published by Picador (UK) and Simon and Schuster (US) in 2018. It was shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Award and Edward Stanford Award, and longlisted for the Jhalak Prize. It has been translated into eleven languages. Sharlene said: “Winning the Deb...

    Deepa Anapparawas the winner of the 2018 DRF Writers Award for her novel Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line.Published by Chatto & Windus (UK) and Random House (US) in 2020, it has been translated into 22 languages and was hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “a Literary Supernova”. Named as one of the best books of the year by The New York Time...

    ‘Pemi Agudawas the winner of the 2020 DRF Writers Award was for her novel, The Suicide Mothers. The novel, and a collection of short stories, Ghostrootshas been acquired by Virago (UK), WW Norton (US) and Masobe in Nigeria. Ghostrootswill be published in the US on 7 May 2024 and in the UK on 6 June 2024. The Suicide Mothers will be published in 202...

    Mathelinda Nabugodiwas the winner of the 2021 DRF Writers Award for The Trembling Hand: Reflections of a Black Woman in the Romantic Archive, a work of non-fiction to be published by Hamish Hamilton (UK) and Knopf (US) in 2024. Mathelinda said: ‘Winning the DRF Writers Award is such a wonderful validation of my work. I am so gratified to know that ...

  2. Jul 1, 2021 · News from the Deborah Rogers foundation. Deborah Rogers Foundation Announces 2021 Writers Award. Submissions open on 1st April and close on 1st July 2021. Judges will be Colm Tóibín, Deepa Anappara, Anna James and Ingrid Persaud. Winner receives £10,000 to complete first book.

  3. May 2, 2014 · THE untimely death of the legendary literary agent Deborah Rogers has stunned the publishing world. She was a friend and supporter of countless brilliant novelists, beloved wife of the composer...

  4. Nov 10, 2023 · The Deborah Rogers Foundation this time honors Neil Rollinson, a published poet who's producing his first novel, The Dead Don't Bleed.

  5. Nov 10, 2023 · Judges Adbulrazak Gurnah, Claire Adam and Annalena McAfee have announced Neil Rollinson as the winner of the £10,000 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award, for his unpublished work The Dead...

  6. Jul 25, 2012 · Sharing and cooperation was the rule for millennia – but the very instability of unequal societies caused them to spread, argues anthropologist Deborah Rogers