The 2025 category winners are:

· Biography and Memoir: Named: A Story of Names and Reclaiming Who We Are by Camilla Balshaw (Bedford Square Publishers)

· Debut Novel: Silver Harvest by Daryl Fraser (Story Machine)

· History and Tradition: Finding the Wayfarer: Physical, Spiritual and Poetic Survival by Emma Rose Barber (Tandem Publishing)

· Poetry: Buying the Farm by Eliza O’Toole (Shearsman Books)

· Fiction: Florrie: A Football Love Story by Anna Trench (Jonathan Cape)

· Children’s Books: Ghost Tide by Jim Cockin (Lightning Books)

· General Non-Fiction: Flint Country: A Stone Journey by Laurence Mitchell (Saraband)

Winner of the Debut Novel Award, Daryl Fraser, set Silver Harvest in his hometown of Lowestoft. Described as a heartfelt homage to the town and the people who have lived its streets and sailed from its port, the novel marks a powerful literary debut and was published by East Anglian based publisher, Story Machine.

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