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Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016 Longlist

By March 28, 2016Literary Awards

The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction which began in 1996 is awarded annually and celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing  throughout the world. This year’s longlist was announced on March 8th and the Shortlist is to be announced on April 11th

These are the books that are on the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016 Longlist.

Kate Atkinson: A God in Ruins

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Shirley Barrett: Rush Oh!

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Cynthia Bond: Ruby

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Geraldine Brooks: The Secret Chord

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Rachel Elliott: Whispers Through a Megaphone

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Anne Enright: The Green Road

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Petina Gappah: The Book of Memory

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Vesna Goldsworthy: Gorsky

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Clio Gray: The Anatomist’s Dream

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Melissa Harrison: At Hawthorn Time

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Attica Locke: Pleasantville

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Lisa McInerney: The Glorious Heresies

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Elizabeth McKenzie: The Portable Veblen

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Sara Nović: Girl at War

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Julia Rochester: The House at the Edge of the World

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Hannah Rothschild: The Improbability of Love

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Elizabeth Strout: My Name is Lucy Barton

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Hanya Yanagihara: A Little Life

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And those are your 20 contenders, keep your eyes open for the shortlist on April 11th and the winner who will be announced on June 8th.
The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze known as a ‘Bessie’, created by the artist Grizel Niven.

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