Posted: Apr 28, 2021 3:48 PM ET | Last Updated: April 29
Brit Bennett (left) and Yaa Gyasi are two of the six finalists for the 2021 Women s Prize for Fiction.(Emma Trim, Peter Hurley/Vilcek Foundation)
Aura Libraries Flintshire: Countdown to the Womenâs Prize for Fiction 2021
Some of the authors and titles hoping for Women’s Prize for the Fiction 2021 title.
Women s Prize for Fiction long-list The countdown to the Women s Prize for Fiction 2021 is underway. The longlist will be announced on March 10, and we are so excited to see which books have been chosen. We would love to hear your predictions for this year s longlist. Send us a message on social media - find us on Facebook (@LlyfrgelloeddAuraLibraries) Instagram (@llyfrgelloeddauralibraries) or Twitter (@LibFlintshire). Here are some of our favourite past winners: • We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (2005)
Women ‘are routinely overlooked for awards,’ says Melinda Gates as her Pivotal Ventures company backs the forthcoming Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.
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Gates: ‘Ours Will Be a More Equal Society’
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction may not be a literary or publishing award you know, and that’s because it has yet to be awarded.
Today (January 15), however, the program has announced a donation from Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures investment and incubation firm, a handsome US$250,000, which is sure to help make this specialized awards program make a viable start on its mission to recognize the work of women and nonbinary writers in Canada and the United States.