In the run up to the Women's Prize for Fiction, here are the latest newsletters:
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The shortlist
is in sight 👀
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It feels like the world is in bloom.
Today is Earth Day and a time to look up, appreciate the beauty
of the planet and work hard to preserve it for future generations.
We've taken a look at some books from the Women's Prize Library
that make us feel closer to nature.
There's less than a week to go until we announce the 2022 Women's
Prize for Fiction shortlist. It's an exciting time here for the
Women's Prize team and we've loved hearing from you on which books
you'd like to see make the final six. Tune in at 9am on
From the 1st May we will be reading each of the shortlisted books
in turn and would LOVE you to join us. Head over to the Women's Prize Facebook page for
more information.
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Earth
Day reading
Earth Day is a time to demonstrate support
for environmental protection, whilst promoting harmony with
nature and the earth.
We've looked to the Women's Prize Library for some books that
celebrate the importance of nature in our lives.
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WIN
summer reading with Bloom & Wild
It feels like summer is on the way with this
fabulous competition from Bloom & Wild.
You could win all 16 of this year’s longlisted books
plus a year of beautiful blooms delivered to your door.
Sound good?
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Five
minutes with...
Meet Rachel Elliott, author of the Women’s Prize
2022 longlisted novel Flamingo.
This is a very human story full of hope, so what was the inspiration
behind the novel? We grabbed a quick five minutes with Rachel to
find out more.
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Bookshelfie:
Scarlett Curtis
Former Women’s Prize for Fiction judge, Scarlett
Curtis joins us on the podcast this week.
Scarlett chooses the five books that have made her,
particularly lauding and Virginia Woolf and her brave,
trailblazing attitude to mental health.
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Save the
Date
Join us on Wednesday 27th April at 9am for the announcement of
the six shortlisted books for the 2022 Women's Prize for
Fiction!
Which six books would be on your shortlist?
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There is nothing better than a long weekend with
lots of time to read.
Except perhaps a long weekend with added chocolate...
To help bring the book joy to your bank holiday, we've created a
list of spring books guaranteed to put you in a hopeful mood. Crack
open the pages and get ready for some egg-cellent fiction
(sorry!).
If that wasn't egg-citing enough we have Scarlett Curtis on the
podcast this week talking about the books that made her, and we
grabbed five minutes with Women's Prize 2022 longlisted author
Morowa Yejidé to talk about the inspiration behind her novel
Creatures of Passage.
That's it for the egg puns for another year. Have a lovely bank
holiday weekend!
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Spring
books
Inspired by the days getting longer and lighter,
we’ve put together a selection of books that embody the
hopefulness of spring.
From At
Hawthorn Time by Melissa Harrison to Small Island
by Andrea Levy, these novels from the Women's Prize library are
perfect reads for spring days.. How many have you read?
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WIN
tickets to The Taxidermist's Daughter
Win a pair of tickets to the stage adaptation
of The Taxidermist’s Daughter at Chichester Festival
Theatre!
Plus a glass of fizz and ice-creams each, and a signed
copy of the original bestselling novel by Kate Mosse.
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Five
minutes with...
Meet Morowa Yejidé, author of the Women’s Prize
2022 longlisted novel Creatures
of Passage.
The
Washington Post said ‘every once in a while, a novel
is so compelling that it changes your sense of a place. Morowa
Yejidé’s Creatures
of Passage is that book.’ We spoke to
Morowa about setting her novel in her home town.
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Enjoying
our book recommendations? Join our exclusive community, alongside
our Founder Friends and get more, more, more!
PLUS when you sign up you'll be sent a Women's Prize journal and a
complimentary ticket to our virtual shortlist festival! What are
you waiting for?
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How are you doing with your reading goals for 2022? If you have
challenged yourself to read the Women's Prize longlist, you have 20
days left to complete your endeavour before we announce the
shortlist on the 27th April.
We have been speaking to each of the longlisted authors in turn,
asking them all about the inspiration behind their books.
Series five of the podcast, with new host Vick Hope, continues
apace and you won't want to miss Gina Miller's bookshelfie this
week.
And now Spring is in full swing – and with Easter just around
the corner – we have created a fantastic prize with our new
friends Mud and Bloom to keep the whole family happy.
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Five
minutes with...
Meet Charlotte Mendelson, author of the Women’s
Prize 2022 longlisted novel The Exhibitionist.
The Guardian
has called the book 'a devastating, blackly comic portrait of
middle-class dysfunction' – we caught up with Charlotte to
find out what inspired such an intriguing tale.
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All the
joys of spring!
Keep everyone happy and occupied this Easter break
with our special spring giveaway.
We have a three-month subscription to Mud and Bloom to give away,
alongside some nature-filled books.
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Bookshelfie:
Gina Miller
Campaigner Gina Miller talks to Vick
Hope about how she has taken adversity and turned it into power,
through the lens of fiction.
Gina is a businesswoman and dedicated philanthropist who strongly
believes in standing up for what she thinks is right, no matter
the cost.
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Calling
all reading groups!
We’re thrilled to be inviting reading groups to
apply to shadow the 2022 Women’s Prize shortlist. We'll supply
the books for your group to read and review.
You have until the 20th April to submit your application; head
over to the website to find out more.
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We're thrilled to finally be able to reveal the host of the new
series of the Women's Prize podcast... *drum
roll* It's none other than TV and radio presenter, journalist
and writer Vick
Hope!
Vick has already started recording and is kicking off
season 5 with one of the most well-known faces in sport, Gabby
Logan MBE. Grab your hot drink of choice and tune in
today – and don't forget to hit that subscribe button.
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As we head into April, the judges will soon be deciding which books
will form the six-strong 2022 Women's Prize shortlist – announced
on the 27th April. Which book has your
vote?
And if that wasn't enough, head on over to the Women's Prize social
channels as we are giving away copies of Candice Carty-Williams
bestselling debut novel Queenie.
Everyone needs a Queenie in their life.
See you in April!
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Bookshelfie:
Gabby Logan
Join us for a brand new series of the Women's
Prize podcast with Gabby Logan MBE, sports presenter and
former gymnast as she talks about the three M’s – midlife,
motherhood and her MBE.
Gabby tells us about the loves and losses in her life through the
books by women that have influenced her.
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Join the
party!
You might have noticed that Vick is wearing a very special badge.
That's because she's one of our Founder Friends and part of our
exclusive community of booklovers.
If you like books, you'll love being a Friend of the Women's
Prize and if you love
books... what are you waiting for? Upgrade today and find out
what you've been missing!
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Win a
copy of Queenie!
“Actually, no man is as funny as me or any woman I’ve ever met.”
– Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams is one of the novelists chosen for the Women's
Prize x Good Housekeeping Futures award and we’ve got four copies
of her Sunday
Times bestseller Queenie
to give away.
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