Best foreign-language publication promoting Poland’s history

On 6th December 2022, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau granted prizes and honourable mentions in the sixth edition of the History Competition

2022 Pilecki International Book Awards

Surviving Katyń has been awarded second prize in the category historical reportage for the 2022 Witold Pilecki International Book Awards.

The best books about . . .

I’ve spent the past few years writing about the 1940 Katyń Massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners of war by Stalin’s NKVD and the decades-long cover-up of their crime . . .

Surviving Katyń longlisted for RSL Ondaatje Prize 2022

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL), the voice for the value of literature in the UK, has today unveiled the longlist for the 2022 RSL Ondaatje Prize.

Mark Lynton History Prize 2022

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the 2022 shortlist for the Mark Lynton History Prize.

Chelsea History Festival

 I will be speaking about my new book, Surviving Katyń, at the Chelsea History Festival on 23rd September 2021 in an event chaired by historian Roger Moorhouse.

Surviving Katyń – Audiobook read by Jane Rogoyska

Surviving Katyń is now available as an audiobook. You can buy it from Audible.co.uk, Audiobooks.co.uk and other audiobook websites.

Surviving Katyń on History Extra podcast

Following publication of my new book, Surviving Katyń, on May 6th 2021 I was delighted to be invited to record an interview with Rob Attar for the BBC History Extra podcast.

Between us I think we managed to convey a real flavour of this complex story: hopefully listeners will come away with a good understanding of the subject and will want to find out more.

Surviving Katyń on Travels Through Time podcast

Following publication of my new book, Surviving Katyń, on May 6th, I was delighted to be invited to record an interview with Peter Moore for the podcast series Travels Through Time, which asks historians the tantalising question: ‘If you could travel back in time, which year would you visit?’