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How prize that used to be Orange was saved – and rebranded

Now the Women's Prize for Fiction has been launched, Kate Mosse tells how an award so important to writers and the industry was savedOrange, a word that has no rhyme, has become the literary prize that...

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2013: the year ahead in books

From a full programme of film and stage adaptations to a new James Bond novel, unpublished works by RS Thomas and WG Sebald and a new prize for women writers, 2013 is set to be a real...

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Hilary Mantel faces six newcomers in contest for women's fiction prize

Previous Orange Prize winners Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver also on list of 20 nomineesAmong the contenders for the leading prize for fiction written by women is a bestselling thriller and a...

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Women's prize for fiction 2013 longlist

The women's prize for fiction features books that tell of a Harvard alumni reunion, modern Londoners, pre-marriage wobbles and the life of Thomas Cromwell. Discover the stories and read reviews here

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Women's prize for fiction 2013: longlist offers Hilary Mantel stiff competition

Mantel's all-conquering Bring Up the Bodies faces challenges from Barbara Kingsolver, Zadie Smith, Kate Atkinson and AM Homes for the award formerly known as the Orange prizeThey did it. It's difficult...

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Gone Girl: what makes Gillian Flynn's psychological thriller so popular?

A tale of marital meltdown has Hollywood hot under the collar and is up for its first literary award – and deservedly soIt's a pretty impressive comeback: less than five years after the financial...

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Women's prize for fiction reveals 'staggeringly strong' shortlist

Renamed Orange prize finalists led by Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara KingsolverOne pundit called it a "staggeringly strong" shortlist – and who would argue given that the contenders for the...

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Women's prize shortlist: Hilary Mantel issue looms large for judges

Judges face a tricky decision with the double award-winning Bring Up the Bodies author among finalistsAt 20 titles, the Women's prize longlist casts its net wide. The final half-dozen, by contrast,...

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Zadie Smith gains third literary honour this week

Ondaatje prize shortlisting follows Women's prize and Best Young Novelists salutesFresh from being named one of Britain's best young novelists, and from making the final cut for the Women's prize for...

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Were the Women's prize for fiction judges right to shortlist Hilary Mantel?

Would it have been fairer to give someone else a chance, or is the quality of the literature paramount?Paradoxically, the judges of the 2013 Women's prize for fiction have been brave in choosing a...

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Hilary Mantel joins 'Time 100' ranking of world's most influential people

Wolf Hall author one of only two fiction writers on celebrated list, alongside world leaders and megastarsHilary Mantel sits alongside the likes of Barack Obama, Aung San Suu Kyi and Kim Jong Un as one...

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Miranda Richardson: 'I hate our sneering attitude to success'

Miranda Richardson is one of Britain's leading actors, and this year is chair of judges for the Women's prize for fiction. On one thing she is clear: leave Hilary Mantel alone, she's brilliantMiranda...

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Kate Mosse on the Baileys women's prize for fiction: 'women's creativity...

The founder of the groundbreaking literary award says it 'sells books like no other prize' and won't be stopping any time soon. This year it has a new sponsor – and an incredibly strong shortlistShe...

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Baileys all round at Women's Prize for fiction

Cream liqueur replaces Orange as official sponsor of literary award, with three-year partnership starting in 2014Baileys, the creamy liqueur aimed squarely at the female market, has been chosen as the...

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Women's prize for fiction: Who will win?

Who do you think should win the Women's prize for fiction 2013? Could it be another win for Hilary Mantel, or will Zadie Smith triumph?Tonight, the winner of the Women's prize for fiction - formerly...

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AM Homes wins women's prize for fiction

US author wins with May We Be Forgiven, beating bookmakers' favourite Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelAn often breathtakingly dark and crazy satire on modern American life caused a literary upset...

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Women's prize for fiction: a darkly comic and addictively readable winner

May We Be Forgiven, AM Homes's sardonic and tender novel, sees off the competition on a love-them-or-hate-them listIt's hard to imagine AM Homes, whose fiction mines a blackly comic seam of horror and...

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AM Homes, winner of the women's prize for fiction, talks to Jeanette...

Jeanette Winterson interviews AM Homes, whose satirical novel May We Be Forgiven won the 2013 women's prize for fictionJeanette WintersonLisa AllardiceRichard Sprenger

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Zoo Story, by AM Homes

A new short story from the winner of the 2013 women's prize for fictionThe zebra came to us first. "It's my eyes," she said one afternoon as Charlotte and I made our rounds. "My eyes are drooping....

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Gender balancing the books | Alex Clark

We counted the numbers of male and female reviewers and authors under review in the major UK books sections for a month in 2012 and again for a month this year. Alex Clark reflects on why the review...

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