The shortlists for two prestigious book prizes worth £10,000 each have been announced.
Fiction and biography contenders from the last 12 months will vie for this year’s James Tait Black Prizes, presented by the University of Edinburgh every year since 1919, and said to be Britain’s longest-running book award.
The winners will be announced in August at the Edinburgh International Book Festival at the University of Edinburgh’s College of Art.
The awards are the only major British book prizes judged by literature scholars and students, said the University of Edinburgh.
The four books shortlisted for the fiction prize are: Alligator & Other Stories by Dima Alzayat; The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi; A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet; and Lote by Shola von Reinhold.
Shortlists announced for £10,000 book prizes
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