And the race is on...

The short list for the Orange Prize for Fiction has been released & amazingly Anne Enright's the Gathering is not on there! Apparently there has been quite a lot of controversy this year (not only because it's a women's only prize-that creates a backlash every year) but also because it seems that The Orange prize has almost deliberately avoided books that have been chosen for other awards...

Hmm, anyways, controversy aside, those of us who are setting ourselves the task of reading all 6 nominees before the winner is announced better get our skates on. The deadline is June 4!

Shortlist is:

Nancy Huston Fault Lines find out more
Sadie Jones The Outcast find out more
Charlotte Mendelson When We Were Bad find out more
Heather O’Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals find out more
Rose Tremain The Road Home find out more
Patricia Wood Lottery find out more

Apparently Borders & Books etc are doing a 2 4 1 deal for Orange mobile customers (I'm one!) on all nominees so I'm going to try and get a copy of each one. I already have charlotte Mendelson's When we Were Bad if anyone wants to borrow it.

For London members, as you know, I've booked us tickets to the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction shortlist readings at the Southbank Centre, London on June 2nd- £13.50 including the booking fee. I notice it is all sold out now so we were lucky to get in so quickly. Should be a great night out for us book worms