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The Waverton Good Read Award was founded in 2003 by villagers in Waverton, Chester, England, and is based on Le Prix de la Cadière d'Azur, a literary prize awarded by a Provençal village. Adult debut novels written by UK residents and published in the previous twelve months are eligible for consideration and are read by villagers. "The aim was not only to stimulate reading in the village but to provide encouragement to British writers". Two of the main founders were Gwen Goodhew (b 21 October 1942) an educational specialist who established Wirral Able Child Centre and has written and edited books on teaching the gifted child, and Wendy Smedley. It is the first British award to be judged by normal readers rather than literary figures.[citation needed]
Waverton Good Read Children's Award was first presented in 2011, for children's literature.
Due to the COVID pandemic, the 2019/20 shortlist and winner were announced on the same day, and there was no Children's award.
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| 2003/4 | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon |
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| 2004/5 | Boy A, by Jonathan Trigell |
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| 2005/6 | A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, by Marina Lewycka |
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| 2006/7 | The Killing Jar, by Nicola Monaghan |
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| 2007/8 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, by Paul Torday |
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| 2008/9 | Child 44byTom Rob Smith |
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| 2009/10 | The Ghosts of Eden by Andrew Sharp |
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| 2010/11 | Major Pettigrew's Last StandbyHelen Simonson |
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| 2011/12 | Tiny Sunbirds Far AwaybyChristie Watson |
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| 2012/13 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FrybyRachel Joyce |
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| 2013/14 | The Universe Versus Alex WoodsbyGavin Extence |
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| 2014/15 | If I Should Die by Matthew Frank |
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| 2015/16 | The Death's Head Chess Club by John Donoghue |
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| 2016/17 | Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker |
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| 2017/18 | Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FinebyGail Honeyman |
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| 2018/19 | White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht |
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| 2019/20 | Island SongbyMadeleine Bunting |
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In 2011, the inaugural Waverton Good Read Children's Award was presented.
