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The InWords Literary Award (TILA) is a new prize worth £10,000 for a novel published in English or a writer’s body of work, and has been awarded to Sarah Winman for her novel Still Life.
Its creators and funders are life patrons of Cheltenham Festivals who wish to remain anonymous. They said "Still Life has brought joy and pleasure to so many readers in these strange and difficult times. The novel is an eloquent love letter to Florence, but more than that, it is a testimony to the value of kindness, the bonds of love and friendship among even unlikely combinations of people through vicissitudes great and small, and the timelessness and comfort of beauty and art. It is transcendent, utterly humane and beautifully written.”
Amongst other notable awards, Still Life was selected as the Dymocks Book of the Year 2021, the winner of the 2021 Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction, Good Morning America’s November 2021 Book Club choice, and for the Autumn 2021 series of BBC Book Club with Sara Cox.
