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A Q&A with Pat Barker

The brilliant Pat Barker has been longlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction with The Silence of the Girls. We caught up with Pat to discuss…

Sat 27 April, 2019

A Q&A with Akwaeke Emezi

Akwaeke Emezi has been longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction with Freshwater. We caught up with Akwaeke to talk about Igbo ontology, revisiting trauma through…

Tue 23 April, 2019

A Q&A Bernice L. McFadden

Bernice L. McFadden has been longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction Praise Song for the Butterflies. We caught up with her to talk about the…

Tue 16 April, 2019

A Q&A with Diana Evans

Diana Evans has been shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction for Ordinary People. We caught up with Diana to ask her about the musical influences within Ordinary…

Sun 14 April, 2019

A Q&A with Sarah Moss

Sarah Moss has been longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction with Ghost Wall. We caught up with Sarah to discuss Iron Age re-enactment camps, barbarity…

Fri 5 April, 2019

A Q&A with Sophie van Llewyn

Sophie van Llewyn has been longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel Bottled Goods. We caught up with Sophie to chat about flash…

Fri 5 April, 2019

A Q&A with Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller has been shortlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction for Circe. Read on to find out about Madeline’s favourite women writers, the inspiration behind Circe and…

Fri 29 March, 2019

A Q&A with Lillian Li

Lillian Li has been longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction for Number One Chinese Restaurant. Read on to find out about how Lillian’s own experience working as…

Sun 17 March, 2019

Women Writers Revisited: Kate Mosse on Helen Waddell

Welcome to our regular new feature Women Writers Revisited, a segment in which brilliant women associated with the Women’s Prize tell us the overlooked or ‘forgotten’ female writers…

Wed 28 November, 2018

5 Devastating Dorothy Parker Quotes

Born 125 years ago today, Dorothy Parker was an author prized for her ability to devastate anyone in a few carefully chosen words. To celebrate the occasion in…

Wed 22 August, 2018

A Q&A with Kit de Waal

The fantastic Kit de Waal has been longlisted for the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her second novel The Trick to Time. Read on to find out about…

Sun 15 April, 2018

Kate Mosse: a new book & a new website!

Brilliant Women’s Prize for Fiction co-founder and bestselling author Kate Mosse will shortly be back with her latest novel The Burning Chambers, which publishes in May 2018. Kate’s brand…

Thu 15 February, 2018