Notes | The award ceremony was held on 21 April 1970. The shortlisted authors were: Bernice Rubens with the winning novel 'The Elected Member', published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, A. L. Barker with 'John Brown's Body', published by Hogarth Press, Elizabeth Bowen with 'Eva Trout', published by Cape, Iris Murdoch with 'Bruno's Dream', published by Chatto & Windus, William Trevor, with 'Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel', published by Bodley Head, and T. W. Wheeler with 'The Conjunction', published by Angus & Robertson. The Judges were David Holloway (Chair), Lady Antonia Fraser, Ross Higgins, Richard Hoggart, and Dame Rebecca West. |