Posts tagged Windham Campbell
The story of Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell

I *loved* doing the voiceover for this film about Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell--the pioneering couple behind the world's most generous literary prizes: $165,000 each! I have supported the prizes since their launch 10 years ago and it’s a pleasure to watch them, and the writers they support, continue to flourish.

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Windham Campbell Prizes 2019 Live from London!

Tonight I’ll be awarding more than £1million to eight writers of fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry. Yep, over £1m. All thanks to the generosity and vision of Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell and with the care and support of the The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale. You can watch live online from 7pm.

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