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02May

Wellcome Book Prize Winner 2019: Murmur by Will Eaves

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Mind

Last night it was announced that Will Eaves has won the Wellcome Book Prize 2019 with his book, Murmur
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19Mar

Wellcome Book Prize 2019 Shortlist Announced

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The Wellcome Book Prize 2019 Shortlist is announced today
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01May

Wellcome Book Prize 2018 Winner: To Be a Machine

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Mark O'Connell's exploration of transhumanism won this year's Wellcome Book Prize
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29Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2018: Stay With Me

Emma Bell

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Relationships

Set in the political landscape of 1980s Nigeria, Wellcome Book Prize finalist Stay With Me explores ideas of infertility, infidelity and intimacy
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27Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2018: With the End in Mind

Alice McGurran

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Soul

Wellcome Book Prize 2018 finalist, With the End in Mind, is a beautifully crafted collection of stories about dying and death in the present day
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26Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2018: To Be a Machine

Sally Warren

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Therapists

Wellcome Book Prize 2018 finalist To Be a Machine explores transhumanism and the desire to escape death and the fragility of the human body
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20Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2018: The Butchering Art

Louise Chunn

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Mind

The story of how Joseph Lister transformed medicine in the Victorian days with his invention of antiseptic protocol is a finalist in the Wellcome Book Prize 2018
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06Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2018: Mayhem by Sigrid Rausing

Louise Chunn

addiction, books, Wellcomebookprize

Soul

Out of a horrendous chapter in her family's life – the death of her drug-addicted sister-in-law – Sigrid Rausing has wrought a seering memoir, finalist in the Wellcome Book Prize 2018
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20Mar

Wellcome Book Prize 2018 Shortlist Announced

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Mind

Novels, memoirs and serious science books make up this year's shortlist in the highly-regarded Wellcome Book Prize 2018
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25Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2017 Winner: Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal

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Soul

Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal has been announced as the winner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2017
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