Moore Prize

Given by Christopher G. Moore Foundation

35 Works 5,191 Books 194 Reviews 4.1
The Prize is named after Christopher G. Moore, the Canadian novelist and essayist. The objective of the Moore Prize is to provide funds to authors of written works that contribute to the show more understanding and universality of human rights, calling attention to instances of clear breaches of human rights. The purpose of the prize is to honour books that promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) throughout the world. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (8), Shortlist (34)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (6), 2022 (5), 2021 (4), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (5), 2017 (5)
Announced:
January 10: 2023 Recent
December 2023: Shortlist2023 Recent

Winner 8

Shortlist 34

WorkCategoryYear
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony LoewensteinHonourable Mention2023
Belly Woman: Birth, Blood & Ebola: The Untold Story by Benjamin Black2023
Masters of the Lost Land: The Untold Story of the Amazon and the Violent Fight for the World's Last Frontier by araujoheriberto2023
The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America by Saket Soni2023
Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World by Gaia Vince2023
No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs by Nury Turkel2022
Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee's Search for Home by Mondiant Dogon2022
My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden2022
The Power of Women: A Doctor's Journey of Hope and Healing by Denis Mukwege2022
How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter2022
The End of Where We Begin: A Refugee Story by Rosalind Russell2021
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick2021
The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon2021
Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang2021
Going Home: A Walk Through Fifty Years of Occupation by Raja Shehadeh2020
I Will Never See the World Again by Ahmet Altan2020
The Burmese Labyrinth by Carlos Sardina Galache2020
We Have Been Harmonised: Life in China's Surveillance State by Kai Strittmatter2020
Slaves among Us: The Hidden World of Human Trafficking by Monique Villa2020
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton2019
No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria by Rania Abouzeid2019
No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani2019
The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq by Dunya Mikhail2019
Climate Justice by Mary Robinson2019
Temporary People by Deepak Unnikrishnan2018
Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India by Sujatha Gidla2018
Kingdom Cons by Yuri Herrera2018
Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo2018
Malacqua: Four Days of Rain in the City of Naples, Waiting for the Occurrence of an Extraordinary Event by Nicola Pugliese2018
Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship by Anjan Sundaram2017
Blood on My Hands : Eyewitness Accounts of Staged Encounters by Kishalay Bhattacharjee2017
The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatches from Syria by Janine Di Giovanni2017
Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World by Baz Dreisinger2017
East West Street by Philippe Sands2017

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