The great pleasure, at the risk of sounding glib, of making my way through The Women’s Prize longlist each year is to read about cultures and circumstances I have little to no knowledge of. One of the most interesting and refreshing themes of this year’s selection was cross-cultural collaboration; from the Polish–Jewish–Scottish–Palestinian intergenerational family panoramaContinue reading “Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist and Shortlist 2025: Review”
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2023: A Reader’s Top 5
110 books in 2023! alongside the mania of the women’s prize longlist (read more here), i cried, giggled, seethed, plodded, and raced through a moveable feast of treats this year, in both paper and audiobook form. here are my highlights. warning! spoilers ahead. t.w. conflict, trauma, opioid and alcohol addiction, dementia, loss, domestic abuse, childContinue reading “2023: A Reader’s Top 5”
Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2023: Review
Over the last few years, I’ve made it my very pleasant mission to work through the annual Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, cheering along when a favourite eventually makes the shortlist or reeling in outrage when another doesn’t. It’s a challenge – sixteen books in six weeks – but doing so has brought my attentionContinue reading “Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2023: Review”
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