Andrew Holgate has been literary editor of The Sunday Times since 2008, and was the newspaper’s deputy literary editor for nine years before that. He has spent his whole working life in books, as a bookseller, publisher and literary journalist. He runs two prizes for The Sunday Times – their Young Writer Award, and The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award – has been a judge on many others (including the Samuel Johnson Prize) and has co-edited two books, The Cost of Letters and The Test of Time.
Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.
