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Each book is gloriously compelling and inventive and lingers in the heart and mind long after the final page.” Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 judges: Indira Varma, Anna Whitehouse, Monica Ali ...
Her book, Young Queens, was recognized as a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Biography), [3] one of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2023, [4] one of BookRiot's Best Biography's of 2023, [5] recognized as one of Waterstones' Best Books of the Year: History, [6] and Longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize in Non-Fiction.
The shortlist of six finalists was announced on 16 September 2024, with five of the six books being by female authors, the highest number of women shortlisted in the 55-year history of the prize. [7] [8] Harvey had previously been nominated for a Booker Prize when her 2009 debut novel The Wilderness was longlisted for the award. [8]
The winner of the 2024 Booker Prize will be announced on Tuesday 12 November, and will be awarded £50,000 in prize money. See the full shortlist below James by Percival Everett (Mantel)
The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously called Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 & 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–2008) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes, [4] [5] [6] annually awarded to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English ...
March 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM. ... The 16 books on the longlist (Women’s Prize Trust) ... Run by The Women’s Prize Trust, a UK charity which creates equitable opportunities for women in the world ...
The prize was established in 1996, to recognise the literary achievement of female writers. [5] [6] The inspiration for the prize was the Booker Prize of 1991, when none of the six shortlisted books was by a woman, despite some 60% of novels published that year being by female authors.
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