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Helen Garner Wins 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Wit

11/5/2025

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Australian author Helen Garner won the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for How to End a Story.
The prize, £50,000, was awarded in a London ceremony with judges praising its honesty and wit.
Garner's diaries span bohemian Melbourne in the 1970s to a 1990s marriage breakdown.
The judging panel reviewed over 350 books published in the past year.
Garner's next work, The Mushroom Tapes, will be released on November 20.

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Story summary

Australian author Helen Garner won the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for How to End a Story.
The prize, £50,000, was awarded in a London ceremony with judges praising its honesty and wit.
Garner's diaries span bohemian Melbourne in the 1970s to a 1990s marriage breakdown.
The judging panel reviewed over 350 books published in the past year.
Garner's next work, The Mushroom Tapes, will be released on November 20.