The 2019 shortlist will be announced in New York on September 19.

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CBC Radio

Maya Jasanoff talks about her Cundill-winning The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World in this one-hour interview with CBC Ideas. 

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BBC Radio 3

What kind of history should we write? The 2018 winner appears on Free Thinking alongside juror Peter Frankopan. 

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View all 2018 media coverage of the prize in the Press Archive

National Post

Read extracts from all three finalists: 

Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser 

The Dawn Watch by Maya Jasanoff 

A Cold Welcome by Sam White 

The Globe & Mail

Historical writing is enjoying a boom. Here’s why that matters. Mark Gilbert, 2018 Chair of the Jury, writes in the Globe & Mail. 

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Montreal Gazette

How "trip of my lifetime" led to The Dawn Watch. The Montreal Gazette interviews Maya Jasanoff. 

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News

Read the latest from the Cundill History Prize in our News section.


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"He was the rare historian—the only historian I can think of—equally at home in the archive and in an interview" T… https://t.co/7oTsenQvhu
William Dalrymple "brings the insights of years of living in Delhi and immersing himself in Indian art, archives an… https://t.co/JRm4TGfEt4
"I’m not a legal scholar or a constitutional historian. I’m a storyteller with a passion for narrative history." A… https://t.co/mbeSGbEh45
Of 19th century botanist David Hosack: "...he was a man of contradictions who loved socializing." We love this inte… https://t.co/E14zmIK54A

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