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.

Judges of 2022