The prize money for the Richard Jefferies Society Writers’ Prize for Outstanding Nature Writing, named after the celebrated Victorian writer and naturalist, has been doubled to £1,000 after White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough have been named as its sponsors.
The winner of the inaugural prize was Gods of the Morning by John Lister-Kaye. The winner of the second Richard Jefferies Society Writers’ Prize will be announced in the bookshop’s new events room next spring.