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Mark Lawson, Kate Mosse and Anita Sethi to judge inaugural Paul Torday Memorial Prize

ByMartin Reed 11 March 201913 November 2022

New award to celebrate first time novelists over the age of 60 at the 2019 Society of Authors’ Awards in June.

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New prize for debut novelists over 60

ByMartin Reed 1 August 201827 January 2023

The SoA has today announced the opening of the new Paul Torday Memorial Prize for Debut Novelists over 60. The prize is open for entries from today until 15 November 2018. British writer Paul Torday (1946-2013) published his first novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen aged 60. The Torday family have set up the new…

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