The Portico Prize

Portico Prize Entries 2008

Judith Allnatt A Mile of River
Nicky Allt The Culture of Capital
Simon Armitage Gig
Kester Aspden The Hounding of David Oluwale
Julian Baggini Welcome to Everytown
Catherine Bailey Black Diamonds
Stephen Baxter The H-Bomb Girl
John Belchem Catholic & Scouse; a History of the Liverpool Irish
John Belchem (ed) Liverpool 800: Culture, Character & History
Andrew Bibby The Backbone of England
Derry Brabbs Hadrian's Wall
Kenneth D. Brown Factory of Dreams
Benita Brown The Dressmaker
Roy Cameron The Sara Poems
John Connor Falling
Neil Curry The Cumberland Coast
Edmund Davies Greater Manchester Clocks & Clockmakers
Sallie Day The Palace of Strange Girls
Annabel Dorè The Great North Road
Mike Duff The Hat Check Boy
Kevin Duffy Anthills & Stars
Jane Feaver According to Ruth
Bill Foulkes Bill Foulkes: United in Triumph & Tragedy
Alexander Frater The Balloon Factory
James Friel The Higher Realm
Mike Garry Mancunian Meander
Rod Glenn Sinema: The Northumberland Massacre
Madeline Goold Mr Langshaw's Square Piano
Harry Griffin The High Places
Bill Griffiths Pitmatic: the Talk of the North East Coalfield
Bill Griffiths Fishing & Folk; Life & Dialect on the North Sea Coast
Cristoph Grunenberg Centre of the Creative Universe; Liverpoll & the Avent-Garde
Matt Haig The Possession of Mr Cave
David Hall Manchester's Finest
Sarah Hall The Carhullan Army
Duncan Hamilton Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough
Holly Harvey Karma
Ricky Hatton The Hitman
Peter Hayes Swimhiking in the Lake District & North East England
Ruth Henderson High Tides
Philip Hensher The Northern Clemency
Reginald Hill A Cure for all Deseases
Reginald Hill The Death of Dalziel
Edward Hogan Blackmoor
Brian Hollingworth The Diary of Edwin Waugh
Ian Hough Perry Boys
Zahid Hussain The Curry Mile
Susanna Jones The Missing Person's Guide to Love
Peter Kalu Little Jack Horner
Bill Keeth Manchester Kiss
Bill Keeth Write it Self-Publish it Sell it
Richard T. Kelly Crusaders
John Lake Hot Knife - Love, Bullets & Revenge in Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Charles Lambert Little Monsters
Steve Larkin Doing the Wainwrights
Rhiannon Lassiter Bad Blood
Maureen Lee Mother of Pearl
Sandra Levi Rites & Wrongs
Jill Liddington Rebel Girls
Sean Longley The Hartlepool Monkey
Michael Macilwee Tearaways
Stuart Maconie Pies & Prejudice
Andrew Martin Death on a Branchline
Stephen Matthews Sarah Losh & Wreay Church
Mick McCann Coming Out as Bowie Fan in Leed, Yorkshire, England
Val McDermid Beneath the Bleeding
Richard Milward Apples
Jackie Moffat Sheepwrecked
Michael Murphy Writing Liverpool; Essays & Interviews
Braham Murray The Worst it can be is a Disaster
Jenni Murray Memoirs of a Not So Dutiful Daughter
Nicholas Murray So Spirited Town; Visions & Versions of Liverpool
Joseph O'Neill Crime City
Judith O'Reilly Wife in the North
David Peace The Damned United
Ellen Phethean Wall
Tom Pickard Ballard of Jamie Allan
Jacob Polley Little Gods
Samantha Priestly Despite Losing it on Finkle Street
Martin Purdy & Ian Dawson Doing Our Bit; Middleton 1914-1919
Ross Raisin God's Own Country
J. Rapilliard The British Viking
Eleanor Rees (ed) The Book of Liverpool
Gwendoline Riley Joshua Spassky
Michael Symmons Roberts Breath
Shelley Rohde L.S. Lowry; A Life
Kevin Sampson Stars are Stars
Colin Sharp Who Killed Martin Hannett?
Jack Sheffield Mister Teacher
Chris Simms Hell's Fire
Caroline Smailes In Search of Adam
John Soloman Hadaway Hitler
Chris Steele-Perkins Northern Exposures
Joe Stretch Friction
Bryan Talbot Alice in Sunderland
David Thewlis The Late Hector Kipling
Helen Tse Sweet Mandarin
Jenny Uglow Nature's Engraver
Sid Waddell Bellies & Bullseyes
Erica Wagner Seizure
Helen Walsh Once Upon a Time in England
Julie Ward History of a Village
Keith Warrender Underground Manchester
Belinda Webb A Clockwork Apple
David Williams We Never had it so Good
Gee Williams Salvage
David Williams We Never had it so Good
David Wilson This Age We're Living In
Frances Wilson The Ballard of Dorothy Wordsworth
Arline Wilson William Roscoe: Commerce & Culture
Chris Wright Mayfield Park
Chris Wright Your Wake Up Call
G. Walter Wright From Corncrake to Combine

 

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