Women's Prize For Fiction 2024 Longlist Announced
The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of the most successful, influential and popular literary prizes in the world, championing and amplifying women’s voices and nurturing a global community of readers. Every year it is awarded to the author of the best full-length novel written in English and published in the UK, and every year a panel of five women choose the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
The judging panel for the 2024 Prize is chaired by author Monica Ali. She is joined by author Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, author and illustrator Laura Dockrill, actor Indira Varma, and presenter and author Anna Whitehouse. They have already done an immense job and selected a longlist consisting of 16 books, all of them celebrating "the power of individuality with each one showcasing a unique writing style, subject and theme."
This year half of the list comprises debut titles conveying at least eight new voices and fresh perspectives. Here is the full longlist 2024:
Hangman by Maya Binyam, published by ONE, Pushkin Press
In Defence of the Act by Effie Black, published by époque press
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott, published by Allen & Unwin
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright, published by Jonathan Cape
The Maiden by Kate Foster, published by Mantle
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan, published by Viking
Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville, published by Canongate Books
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad, published by Jonathan Cape
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy, published by Faber & Faber
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee, published by Virago
The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord, published by Gollancz
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo, published by Picador
Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie, published by Oneworld
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan, published by Jonathan Cape
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure, published by Duckworth Books
A Trace of Sun by Pam Williams, published by Legend Press
Last year the Women's Prize for Fiction was awarded to Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead.
Source: womensprize.com
