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06 March 2024

Emily Perkins shortlisted for Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction

Emily Perkins's novel Lioness (Bloomsbury) is shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, as finalists in the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are announced. The book explores the reality behind the facade in a seductive story of power, privilege and personal rebellion. Emily Perkins previously won the Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry in 2009 for Novel About My Wife.

The 16 finalists were selected from a longlist of 44 books by panels of specialist judges across four categories: fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction, and general non-fiction.

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06 March 2024

Anne Enright and Isabella Hammad longlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction 2024

Anne Enright and Isabella Hammad are among the writers longlisted for this year’s Women’s prize for fiction. Irish author Anne Enright, who has been shortlisted for the prize twice, was longlisted a fifth time for The Wren, The Wren (Jonathan Cape), while British-Palestinian writer Hammad is longlisted for Enter Ghost (Vintage), which is about a production of Hamlet in the West Bank.

A shortlist of six titles will be announced on 24 April, and the winner will be announced on 13 June, along with the winner of the inaugural Women’s prize for non-fiction. The winning author will receive a cheque for £30,000 and a bronze statuette known as the “Bessie”, created by the artist Grizel Niven.

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27 February 2024

Tom Crewe, Victoria MacKenzie and Zadie Smith longlisted for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2024

Zadie Smith’s The Fraud (Hamish Hamilton), Tom Crewe’s The New Life (Chatto & Windus) and Victoria MacKenzie’s For Thy Great Pain, Have Mercy On My Little Pain (Bloomsbury) are among the books longlisted for the 2024 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.

Honouring the achievements of the founding father of the historical novel, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is one of the UK’s most prestigious literary prizes. The winner receives £25,000 and shortlisted authors each receive £1,500. Since it was founded fifteen years ago by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Prize has awarded nearly £400,000 to writers and brought over 150 great novels to wider public attention.

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