The Longlist is Announced
I am always happy to big up women writers. (See this for one reason why – Men Are Much Better Writers Than Women?) 16 books just have been shortlisted for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction and they are:
(In alphabetical order by author’s surname)
- Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
- Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
- Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
- Dominicana by Angie Cruz
- Actress by Anne Enright
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- Nightingale Point by Luan Goldie
- A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
- How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee
- The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
- The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
- Girl by Edna O’ Brien
- Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell
- Weather by Jenny Offill
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
- Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
The shortlist of 6 will be announced on April 22nd (an auspicious day as I am running RenewYou then in my new studio!) with the final result on Wednesday 3rd June.
I have to admit that I haven’t read any of them yet (facepalms) but if you have please do share your thoughts.
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Posted on March 4th, 2020 by Jane
