Bread and Roses Award

Bread and Roses Award
DateAnnual
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byAlliance of Radical Booksellers
First awarded2012
Websitebreadandrosesprize.wordpress.com

The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing is a British literary award presented for the best radical book published each year, with "radical book" defined as one that is "informed by socialist, anarchist, environmental, feminist and anti-racist concerns"[1] – in other words, ideologically left books.[2] The award believes itself to be the UK's only left-wing only book prize.[2] Books must be written, or largely written by authors or editors normally living in the UK, or international books available for purchase in the UK.[1] Winning authors receive £1,000.[1] The Bread and Roses Award is sponsored by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers and has no corporate sponsorship.[2][3]

Bread and Roses is a phrase from the Bread and Roses strike of 1912 among textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In a song – "Bread and Roses" – commemorating the event, the strikers supposedly struck "for bread, and for roses too."

The inaugural prize was announced 1 May 2012, on International Workers' Day, at the Bread and Roses pub in Clapham, London.[2]

Winners and shortlists

Year Author Work Result Ref.
2012 David Graeber Debt: The First 5,000 Years Won [2]
Tim Gee Counterpower: Making Change Happen Shortlisted [4]
Nadia Idle and Alex Nunns (editors) Tweets from Tahrir: Egypt's Revolution as it Unfolded, in the Words of the People Who Made It Shortlisted
Owen Jones Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class Shortlisted
Andy Merrifield Magical Marxism Shortlisted
Laurie Penny Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent Shortlisted
Nicholas Shaxson Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World Shortlisted
2013 Hsiao-Hung Pai Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants Won [5]
Federico Campagna and Emanuele Campiglio (editors) What We Are Fighting For: A Radical Collective Manifesto Shortlisted
Danny Dorling No-Nonsense Guide to Equality Shortlisted
Donny Gluckstein A People's History of the Second World War: Resistance Versus Empire Shortlisted
Eveline Lubbers Secret Manoeuvres in the Dark: Corporate and Police Spying on Activists Shortlisted
Paul Mason Why It's Still Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions Shortlisted
Daniel Poyner (editor) Autonomy: The Cover Designs of Anarchy 1961–1970 Shortlisted
Dan Swain Alienation: An Introduction to Marx's Theory Shortlisted
2014 Joe Glenton Soldier Box: Why I Won't Return to the War on Terror Won [6]
Rob Evans and Paul Lewis Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police Shortlisted
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera Story of a Death Foretold: The Coup against Salvador Allende, 11 September 1973 Shortlisted
Barry Kushner and Saville Kushner Who Needs the Cuts?: Myths of the Economic Crisis Shortlisted
Katharine Quarmby No Place to Call Home: Inside the Real Lives of Gypsies and Travellers Shortlisted
Andrew Simms Cancel the Apocalypse: The New Path to Prosperity Shortlisted
Imogen Tyler Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain Shortlisted
2015 Helena Earnshaw and Angharad Penrhyn Jones Here We Stand: Women Changing The World Won [7]
Ha-Joon Chang Economics: The User's Guide Shortlisted [8]
Malu Halasa, Zaher Omareen, and Nawara Mahfoud Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline Shortlisted [8]
Tansy E. Hoskins Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion Shortlisted [8]
Ken Loach The Spirit of '45 Shortlisted [8]
Richard Seymour The Meaning of David Cameron Shortlisted [8]
S. M. R. Anis The Left Behind Shortlisted [8]
2016 Jeremy Seabrook The Song of the Shirt: The High Price of Cheap Garments, from Blackburn to Bangladesh Won [9]
Phil Chamberlain and Dave Smith Blacklisted: The Secret War Between Big Business and Union Activists Shortlisted [10]
Kate Evans Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg Shortlisted
Mel Evans Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts Shortlisted
Rhian E. Jones Petticoat Heroes: Gender, Culture and Popular Protest in the Rebecca Riots Shortlisted
Katrine Marçal Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? A Story About Women and Economics Shortlisted
2017 Alex Nunns The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn's Improbable Path to Power Won [11]
Dawn Foster Lean Out Shortlisted [12]
Andrea Needham The Hammer Blow: How 10 Women Disarmed a War Plane Shortlisted
Lara Pawson This is the Place to Be Shortlisted
See Red Members & Sheila Rowbotham See Red Women's Workshop – Feminist Posters 1974-1990 Shortlisted
Jack Shenker The Egyptians: A Radical Story Shortlisted
Gary Younge Another Day in the Death of America Shortlisted
2018 Stuart Hall and Bill Schwarz Familiar Stranger: A Life Between Two Islands Won [13]
Reni Eddo-Lodge Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Shortlisted
Kapka Kassabova Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe Shortlisted
Heather McDaid (Editor), Laura Jones (Editor) Nasty Women Shortlisted
Vickie Cooper, David Whyte (editors) The Violence of Austerity Shortlisted
Dave Randall Sound System: The Political Power of Music Shortlisted
2019 Liz Fekete Europe's Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right Won [14]
Akala Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire Shortlisted
June Eric-Udorie (Editor) Can We All Be Feminists?: Seventeen Writers on Intersectionality, Identity and Finding the Right Way Forward for Feminism Shortlisted
Juno Mac and Molly Smith Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights Shortlisted
Daniel Trilling Lights in the Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe Shortlisted
Mike Wendling Alt Right: From 4chan to the White House Shortlisted
2020 Johny Pitts Afropean: Notes from Black Europe Won [15]
Frances Ryan Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People Shortlisted
Becky Alexis-Martin Disarming Doomsday: The Human Impact of Nuclear Weapons since Hiroshima Shortlisted
Ruth Kinna The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism Shortlisted
Priyamvada Gopal Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent Shortlisted
Kate Charlesworth Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide. A graphic guide to lesbian and queer history 1950-2020 Shortlisted
2021 Ellen Clifford The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe Won [16]
Stella Dadzie A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance Shortlisted [17]
Marcus Gilroy-Ware After the Fact? The Truth About Fake News Shortlisted
Emma Griffin Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy Shortlisted
Owen Hatherley Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London Shortlisted
Dan Hicks The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution Shortlisted
Olivette Otele African Europeans: An Untold History Shortlisted
2022 Florian Grosset The Chagos Betrayal: How Britain Robbed an Island and Made Its People Disappear Won [18]
Koshka Duff et al Abolishing the Police Shortlisted
Hsiao-Hung Pai Ciao Ousmane: The Hidden Exploitation of Italy's Migrant Workers Shortlisted
Gargi Bhattacharyya et al Empire's Endgame: Racism and the British State Shortlisted
Matthew Brown and Rhian E Jones Paint Your Town Red Shortlisted
2023
Aviah Day and Shanice McBean Abolition Revolution Won [19]
Jeffrey Boakye I Heard What You Said Shortlisted
Ione Gamble Poor Little Sick Girls Shortlisted
Elias Jahshan (editor) This Arab Is Queer Shortlisted
Kojo Koram Uncommon Wealth Shortlisted
2024
Annabel Sowemimo Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare Won [20]
Kaamil Ahmed I Feel No Peace: Rohingya Fleeing Over Seas & Rivers Shortlisted
Hil Aked Friends of Israel: The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity Shortlisted
Robert Chapman Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism Shortlisted
Danny Dorling Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State Shortlisted
Malu Halasa Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran Shortlisted

References

  1. ^ a b c Bread and Roses Award, official website.
  2. ^ a b c d e Alison Flood (6 March 2012). "New prize for radical writing announces shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. ^ Alliance of Radical Booksellers, official website.
  4. ^ Counterpower: Making Change Happen, New Internationalist
  5. ^ Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants, Verso Books
  6. ^ Lisa Campbell (3 May 2014). "Shortlist for Bread and Roses Award revealed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  7. ^ Bread and Roses (2015-05-10). "'Here We Stand: Women Changing The World' wins the Bread & Roses Award 2015". breadandrosesprize.wordpress.com. Bread and Roses Award. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Bread and Roses (2015-03-11). "The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2015 Shortlist". breadandrosesprize.wordpress.com. The Bread and Roses Award. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  9. ^ "'The Song of the Shirt: The High Price of Cheap Garments, from Blackburn to Bangladesh' by Jeremy Seabrook wins the Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2016". The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Bread and Roses Award. May 8, 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  10. ^ "The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2016 Shortlist". The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Bread and Roses Award. March 21, 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  11. ^ "'The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn's Improbable Path to Power' by Alex Nunns wins the Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2017". The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Bread and Roses Award. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  12. ^ "The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2017 Shortlist". The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Bread and Roses Award. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Joint winners of the Bread & Roses Award 2018 announced". The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Bread and Roses Award. 3 June 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  14. ^ "Winners of the Bread & Roses Award 2019 announced". The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Bread and Roses Award. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  15. ^ "'Afropean: Notes from Black Europe' by Johny Pitts Winner of the Bread & Roses Award 2020". The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Bread and Roses Award. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Clifford wins Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing". The Bookseller. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Clifford, Dadzie and Hatherley shortlisted for Bread and Roses Award". The Bookseller. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  18. ^ "'The Chagos Betrayal : How Britain Robbed an Island and Made Its People Disappear' by Florian Grosset is winner of the Bread and Roses Award 2022". The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Bread and Roses Award. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  19. ^ "Announcing the 2023 Bread & Roses Award winner!". The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Bread and Roses Award. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  20. ^ "Announcing the 2024 Bread & Roses Award winner!". The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Bread and Roses Award. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.