Leah Broad

Leah Broad

FRHistS
Occupation
  • Author
  • Radio and television presenter
  • Researcher
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
SubjectMusic history, Women's history
Website
leahbroad.com

Leah Broad is a British writer, broadcaster, and researcher at Christ Church, Oxford.[1] She was awarded the 2015 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for contemporary British arts journalism[2] and was a BBC New Generation Thinker in 2016[3] She is a trustee of the William Alwyn Foundation.[4] Her writing focuses on the history of women in the arts.[5] Her group biography, Quartet, published by Faber and Faber, won the Royal Philharmonic Society's Storytelling Prize,[6] won the Presto Music Book of the Year award,[7] was shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography prize,[8] and was awarded a Kirkus star.[9]

  1. ^ "Leah Broad". Faber and Faber. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  2. ^ Robert McCrum (2016-02-28). "2015 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize-winner announced". The Observer. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  3. ^ "New Generation Thinkers 2016". BBC. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  4. ^ "The William Alwyn Foundation". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  5. ^ Leah Broad. "People: Dr. Leah Broad". Christ Church, University of Oxford. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  6. ^ "2024 RPS Awards winners announced". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  7. ^ "Books of the Year - Winner 2023". Presto Music. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  8. ^ "Broad and Cargill-Martin among Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize shortlist". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  9. ^ "Quartet - A stellar work of social and music history sprinkled with emotional dashes of love, sex, and politics". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-11-19.