Here is the latest newsletter:
| | Alongside the sadness and anger the news in the UK has prompted this week, our overwhelming feeling is admiration and respect for the brave women who have come forward to tell their stories. Our mission of protecting women's voices feels more important than ever.
At the Women’s Prize Trust we’re dedicated to discovering, celebrating and championing women’s voices in literature through our programmes and prizes. We believe in a better future where women’s words are heard, believed and supported.
This week, we’re delving into the power of the written word – sharing how emerging writers across the US can get support in writing their novels, our next Writers’ Room event which could help you better pitch your story, plus hearing about a book that will be sure to steal your heart.
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| | WHAT THE ORIGINATORS SELECTION PANEL IS LOOKING FOR |
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| | Are you a writer with a novel underway, pages in progress, or an idea waiting to take shape?
Originators, our new mentorship and development program for emerging women fiction writers from across the United States, presented by CHANEL, is open for applications until November 30 at 6:59 EST.
With the deadline fast approaching, we caught up with the inaugural selection panel – Chair A.M. Homes, Virginia Evans, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Tayari Jones and Nicole Krauss – to learn their advice for writers and what qualities will make an application stand out.
Hear what they’re looking for over on our website and read their advice to guide the next step in your creative journey.
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| | | FROM OUR FRIENDS AT CHATTO & WINDUS |
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| THE BOOK STEALING READERS’ HEARTS THIS WINTER |
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| | ‘One of my all-time favourite writers… Utterly captivating’ – Graham Norton
Winter in the small Canadian town of Solace is a season of hibernation. But this year, the snowfall brings a series of accidental encounters that will shake up the lives – and loves – of an old man, a student on the run and an abandoned dog.
Mary Lawson’s Solace in Winter is the novel stealing readers’ hearts this winter – about the people, and animals, that save us when we least expect it. If you haven’t read the prize-winning author before, now is the time to find out what you’ve been missing. Warm yourselves with this exclusive extract
Out on 19 November – pre-order your copy below.
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| | | | | Don’t forget – the Jikoni annual fundraiser dinner and auction is taking place next Monday 16 November. Discover a wonderful collection of unique experiences and special lots, generously donated by friends from across the worlds of food, literature, art, music and hospitality. All proceeds will support our work championing women’s writing.
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| | Want to learn from the publicists behind Gisèle Pelicot’s A Hymn to Life, Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet, Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon and Wild Pavements by Amanda Tuke? Join us next Wednesday for the online event in our three-part series of Publishing 101s: How to Pitch Your Story
Cynthia Hamilton, Kimberley Nyamhondera and Jessica Spivey will be in conversation with Georgina Moore, providing insights into the work of a book publicist and how to talk about the project that has formerly lived inside your head to the outside world.
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| | BOOKSHELFIE X INDIA KNIGHT |
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| | Joining Vick in the Bookshelfie studio for the penultimate episode of the season, is journalist and author India Knight.
Exploring the five books that have shaped her, India discusses the role that home has played in her life and writing, why she’s professionally the happiest she’s ever been and the pleasure that a good comfort read can bring.
Available now wherever you get your podcasts – or click the link above to watch the full episode on YouTube
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