Tom Newlands

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Tom Newlands (born 1980) is a Scottish writer.

Early and personal life

Newlands was born in Perth, and is neurodivergent. He formerly worked in a warehouse and started writing only at age 40, when put on furlough during the COVID lockdown. He has cited a lack of role models as a reason for his late start as a writer.

Writing

Newland's first novel, Only Here, Only Now was published in June 2024 in the U.K, and November 2024 in the U.S. It won the Society of Authors McKitterick prize, was runner up for the Society of Authors ADCI prize, was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and was chosen as a fiction book of the year in The Guardian. The Observer described it as a "stunning debut." In the U.S. Publishers Weekly named him as a writer to watch and gave the book a rare starred review. In 2025 Newlands was appointed to the Creative Future advisory Board.

Newlands' work has appeared in the New Statesman, New Writing Scotland, and on BBC Radio Wales.

Awards

Year	Book	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2025	Only Here, Only Now	Gordon Burn Prize	—	Shortlisted
		Authors' Club Best First Novel Award	—	Longlisted
		ADCI Prize	—	Runner-up
		McKitterick Prize	—	Won
		Diverse Book Awards	Adult	Longlisted

Works

• Newlands, Tom (2024). Only Here, Only Now  ISBN 978-1399607896

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