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If you’ve been wondering what your next read should be, or perhaps you’re planning your summer reading list, then the 2021 Women’s Prize Shortlist has you covered.
The six novels up for the award this year are certainly a mixed bag, meaning there’s something for every bookworm. The Women’s Prize was first introduced in 1996 to counter the Booker Prize of 1991 when no female authors made the shortlist.
This year is the first since 2005 that the prize has shortlisted only first-time nominees and the winner, who stands to receive €35,000, will be announced on July 7.
These six novels stand to be the biggest books of the summer, so we suggest you get reading!
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Elite
Recommended by Enuka Okuma, actor and writer, Workin’ Moms
“I can’t believe I’m outing myself with this one, but damn if this wasn’t the best guilty pleasure of the pandemic. I’m telling you,
Elite came to play: maybe it was vicariously traipsing through Spain in the summer or soaking up the gorgeous interiors of the Spanish upper class, or perhaps it was the surprisingly solid acting and murderous plot intrigue that kept me coming back for three seasons. Oh, and it’s raunchy AF.”
The judging panel for this year’s Women’s Prize For Fiction features has announced its shortlist.
Excitingly, it contains six writers who have never previously been nominated for the prize. And lots of great reading!
The books have been selected by the Chair of judges Bernardine Evaristo and her judging panel. The panel are:
Podcaster, author and journalist, Elizabeth Day.
TV and radio presenter, journalist and writer, Vick Hope.
Print columnist and writer, Nesrine Malik.
News presenter and broadcaster, Sarah-Jane Mee.
The books are:
“The Vanishing Half”, by Brit Bennett. Fiction Ed Lucy actually reviewed this book for us earlier in the year. Obviously she has a nose for a good one!