Judges
Judges of 2024
Anne McNeil-
Judging 'Children's'
Anne McNeil: With nearly forty years’ experience working in Children’s Publishing – for the last thirty as a Publishing Director at two of the UK’s most prestigious imprints, Hodder Children’s Books, part of Hachette, and Bodley Head Children's Books, she is now a freelance editor and agent whose clients include some of the biggest names in Children's books, including Korky Paul, Cressida Cowell, David Almond, Kes Gray and Eoin Colfer. (photo attached)
Alan Titchmarsh: Non Fiction
Hunter Davies: Fiction
Anne McNeil: Children
Hunter Davies-
Judging 'Fiction'
Hunter Davies OBE-
Journalist and author, with columns in the Sunday Times and elsewhere for oh, many decades. So far he has published over 100 books. Perhaps his best known is the only authorised biography of the Beatles. He has a home in Ryde.
Alan Titchmarsh-
Judging 'Non Fiction'
Alan Titchmarsh MBE - Gardener, novelist, poet, TV and radio presenter, one of the nation’s best loved figures. He has a house at Cowes and in 2008 was High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight. Author of over 70 books.
Judges of 2023
Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Titchmarsh MBE - Gardener, novelist, poet, TV and radio presenter, one of the nation’s best loved figures. He has a house at Cowes and in 2008 was High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight. Author of over 70 books.
Georgina Moore
Georgina Moore-
Publicist Georgina works with some of the biggest names in literature. Georgina grew up in London and lives on a houseboat on the River Thames with her partner, two children and Bomber, the Border Terrier. The Garnett Girls is her first novel and is set on the Isle of Wight, where Georgina and her family have a holiday houseboat called Sturdy.
Hunter Davies
Hunter Davies OBE-
Journalist and author, with columns in the Sunday Times and elsewhere for oh, many decades. So far he has published over 100 books. Perhaps his best known is the only authorised biography of the Beatles. He has a home in Ryde.