Vor zwei Wochen wurde der #womensprize for Fiction an Barbara Kingsolver und ihr Buch „Demon Copperhead“ verliehen. Sie ist die erste Preisträgerin, die den Preis wiederholt (2010 & 2023) gewann. Zudem erhielt sie im Mai einen der begehrten Pulitzerpreise in derselben Kategorie. Ebenfalls mit einem #Pulitzer wurde 2023 der Autor Hernán Díaz für sein Werk „Trust“ ausgezeichnet. 🥇/em

Book 1 of my 10 choices for #20BooksOfSummer23 is The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell, 2022, an engrossing novel, full of vivid, poetic writing
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3be12113-f7eb-4d35-84ee-ec71212f9112
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@bookstodon …and the winner is Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver! #WomensPrize #bookstodon

Excited for The Women’s Prize for Fiction announcement this evening, just after 7pm! 🍾 I wonder which direction the judges will go this year? I managed to read Fire Rush and The Marriage Portrait from the shortlist and the’d both make worthy winners. Trespasses is the only other shortlisted title I fancy reading but I didn’t get to it in time.
This article was a good read from The Reading Agency who selected reading groups from around the UK to shadow the prize -
https://readinggroups.org/news/women-s-prize-for-fiction-2023-shortlist-what-did-our-reading-groups-think
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Good timing! The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff is a Kindle Daily Deal in the UK today. I'm looking forward to reading it as I haven't heard that much about it in discussions of the Women's Prize list yet, even though the premise is so interesting. A woman is believed to have killed her absent husband and finds that this reputation is useful...until other women start asking for her help

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I'm looking forward to reading Homesick by Jennifer Croft, the book that most obviously questions the difference between fiction and non-fiction as it was originally published as a memoir. I haven't heard great things about it, but I couldn't resist picking it up. It has an interesting origin story - possibly more interesting than the book itself will be? Time will tell

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There are a lot of books drawn from personal experiences on the #womensprizeforfiction longlist this year. Memphis and Wandering Souls were also interesting to read together. Both authors have a family story that needed to be told, and chose to tell them in very different ways.

Personally, I loved Wandering Souls. I wish there had been 100 more pages of it as it gripped me in the final part.

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Daneben auch "I'm a Fan" von Sheena Patel (beide Bücher sind übrigens auf der Longlist des diesjährigen #WomensPrize). Das gefällt mir schon besser - es ist ziemlich rau und brachial, geschrieben aus der first person perspective einer obsessiven Stalkerin. Damit beleuchtet es eher dunkle Facetten der menschlichen Psyche.

Laline Paull’s recent novel Pod has been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for fiction, and this accolade is much deserved. Pod is pulsing with life and a sense of wonder.The characters swimming through this apocalyptic, dystopian sea-opera are haunting. This is an unforgettable call to action—it will change the way you see cetaceans— and fish— forever. #dolphins #bookstodon #womensprize #dolphin #cetaceans #bookreview #currentlyreading #lalinepaull #Pod #books #tbr #dystopian #climatecrisis

Reading books from a prize list is a weird thing, because you're drawing parallels between books that were never intended to be compared.

Having said that, reading I'm a Fan and Trespasses close together was really interesting to me. Different times, different contexts, but I felt like the women at the heart of the book not only did similar things but felt and expressed similar things

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So far I've read Wandering Souls, I'm a Fan, Trespasses, Glory, and Children of Paradise. I've just started Memphis and Demon Copperhead.

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Wandering Souls is one of those books I know I'll be thinking about. My favourite from the Women's Prize longlist so far.

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Grateful to the Womens Prize for alerting me to Morris’ Black Butterflies, a brilliantly written account of a middle aged woman artist, living then surviving in Sarajevo in 1972 as the war takes hold. Intense feelings for so many characters

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So. Viele. Spannende. Bücher.
Für Nachschub für den Lesestapel ist damit gesorgt :love:
#WomensPrize #FrauenLesen #Buchtipp
https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/features/features/news/announcing-the-2023-womens-prize-longlist

If you're a Kindle user in the UK, at least two of the just announced Women's Prize for Fiction longlist are currently on sale for 99p: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy, and I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel https://womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

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A great longlist for me. A few old favourites plus lots of authors and books new to me. https://womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/features/features/news/announcing-the-2023-womens-prize-longlist

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Patchett's way to capture the things we say and thoughts that rush through our minds when we think that our time is up, hits the mark. Life can be so trivial. #BelCanto #AnnPatchett #WomensPrize #BookChat #bookstodon

Every year I look forward to the #WomensPrize longlist predictions of #Lonesomereader and #ACaseforBooks. Here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASPhaBAoJtI

Copied from the birdsite but I'm just so excited about this as a wholly non-fiction reader!

We’re thrilled to announce our intention to launch a new annual prize, the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction!

We're seeking sponsorship for the Non-Fiction Prize, to amplify female voices & books that inform, entertain and disrupt

Share to spread the word: http://bit.ly/_WPNF

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Exciting news plans for the launch of a Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction to accompany the Women’s Prize for Fiction!

#WomensPrize #NonFiction

https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/features/features/news/seeking-sponsors-for-womens-non-fiction