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Search complete. 3 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Somerset Maugham Award".

Oct 23, 2026

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Kumukanda (Kayo Chingonyi)(Cambridge International iGCSE)

Oct 23 · 1 Mention

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It tells you exactly what the whole book is doing.
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The collection was published in 2017 by Chatto and Windus, and it won the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award.
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It was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize and the Ted Hughes Award.
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These are serious, prestigious prizes.
Backlisted

Backlisted

The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald - Rerun

Oct 20 · 1 Mention

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Andy MillerHOST
10:53
Hello.
Andy MillerHOST
10:55
Jessie is the author of two books, her short story collection, An Account of the Decline of the Great Ork According to One Who Saw It, won the Edge Hill Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award, and was enthusiastically praised by my colleague John Mitchinson in the episode of Backlisted devoted to Against Nature by Huisman.
Andy MillerHOST
11:11
So you can go back and check our bona fides on that.
Andy MillerHOST
11:14
Yes.

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The Hill Fort(Eduqas GCSE)

Oct 20 · 1 Mention

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I'm so glad you're here because today we're exploring one of the most quietly devastating poems you'll encounter in your studies, The Hill Fort, or in Welsh, Gwae Ger, by Owen Shears.
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This poem comes from Shears' 2005 collection called Skirrid Hill, which won the Somerset Maugham Award.
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And I want you to know from the very start, this is a poem that rewards close, careful reading.
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The more you look at it, the more it gives back.

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