Category: Baileys Prize 2015

Baileys Prize Shortlist Wish List.

Very shortly, the Baileys shadow jury will be posting its shortlist. This will be the third year I’ve read the whole longlist in advance of the official decision, but the first I’ve had the privilege of sharing the process with other readers. We’ve discussed the novels as we’ve gone along,

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The Baileys Longlist 2015

The Baileys Longlist 2015. And before I begin, I would like to wave at some brilliant, original, astonishing writers. I would like to wave at Susan Barker. Sarah Hall and Linda Grant. At Anna Smaill, at Claire Fuller and Kate Hamer, at Shelley Harris and Harriet Lane. At Carys Bray

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