Award

  ‘Writing is, by its nature, a very solitary pursuit: you spend most of your time as an author hidden away. So to receive this kind of very public honour is a huge thrill. I’m […]

Sarah Waters was award Writer of the Year at the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2018. Sarah was presented her award by Lennie Goodings, Chair of Virago.

Celebrating 250 issues of DIVA magazine, Sarah was awarded 2017 DIVA Author of the Year award. For further information visit the DIVA website here.  

In July 2016, Sarah Waters was awarded honorary fellowships from both Cardiff University and Goldsmiths, University of London. Find out more below, and watch Sarah’s speech from the ceremony at Cardiff University. Sarah Waters honoured […]

  Sarah Waters was granted the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2016 British LGBT Awards. Read an interview with her about this award here.

Sarah Waters shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2015 with The Paying Guests. We are delighted to announce that The Paying Guests has been shortlisted for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. […]

We are delighted to announce that Sarah Waters has won the Glamour Magazine Writer of the Year Award 2010. Here she is picking up the award from actress Keeley Hawes who appeared in the TV […]