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Han Kang and Bernard MacLaverty Longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize
RCW are delighted to announce that Han Kang's The White Book and Bernard MacLaverty's Midwinter Break have been longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.
The Wellcome Book Prize celebrates the many ways in which literature can illuminate our relationship with health, medicine and illness.
The shortlisted titles will be announced on 20 March 2018.
(Agent for Han Kang: Laurence Laluyaux, Agent for Bernard MacLaverty: Gill Coleridge)
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