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FRAN ASHCROFT is to receive the Global Award at the 14th Annual L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Awards. The $100,000 award celebrates the outstanding achievements of women in science and is recongnized as one of the premier international science awards. Fran has been chosen for her work in advancing our understanding of insulin secretion and neonatal diabetes.
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URSULA BUCHAN has been awarded Garden Columnist of the Year by the Garden Media Guild, for her columns in The Spectator. The judges said that "one columnist stood out for the consistent high quality of her writing and an unwavering tenacity to fully explore her topics, succinctly presenting carefully constructed arguments to an audience she clearly understands. She has maintained this standard over a quarter of a century under six successive editors and so, in the year that she finally retires from The Spectator, we are delighted to present the award to Ursula Buchan."
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CATHERINE HALL has beaten authors including Coim Tóibín and Jackie Kay to this year’s Green Carnation Prize for her second novel The Proof of Love.
The prize celebrates writing by LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) authors. It attracted some controversy earlier in the year for not including Alan Hollinghurst, Philip Hensher or Ali Smith on its shortlist.
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Dead Man's Cove by LAUREN ST JOHN has won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Deputy Blue Peter Editor Joe McCulloch commented: 'The standard this year has been extremely high, as it always is. Any one of the shortlisted books could have won Book of the Year, but I'm delighted that Dead Man's Cove was chosen by our young judges.'
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