Orange Prize Longlist Announced
Two Canadian writers are on the longlist for the Orange Prize, a prestigous literary prize celebrating fiction writing by woman. Kathleen Winter's acclaimed novel Annabel tells the story of an intersex child growing up in Labrador in the 1970s. Emma Donoghue's Room, recently awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize (Caribbean and Canada) is also nominated.
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
The Birth of Love by Joanna Kavenna
Grace Williams Says It Loud by Emma Henderson
Great House by Nicole Krauss
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
The London Train by Tessa Hadley
Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
The Pleasure Seekers by Tishani Doshi
Repeat It Today with Tears by Anne Peile
The Road to Wanting by Wendy Law-Yone
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Seas by Samantha Hunt
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Titilola Alexandrah Shoneyin
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
The Swimmer by Roma Tearne
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty
The shortlist will be announced on April 12 and the winner will be presented on June 8.
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