Revealing the ten new judges for the 2025 Womens Prizes Womens Prize 2024-10-17 | We are thrilled to reveal the ten new judges, five each for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction in 2025. Find out more over on: www.womensprize.com The 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction judges: Kit de WaalBryony GordonDiana EvansAmelia Warner Deborah JosephThe 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction judges: Kavita PuriDr Elizabeth-Jane BurnettDr Leah BroadElizabeth Buchan Emma Gannon
Getting started on your Discoveries submission Womens Prize 2024-10-16 | It’s been one month since we launched our 2025 Discoveries programme, which aims to inspire unagented and unpublished women in the UK and Ireland to write their first novels. To help you with getting started, we asked our 2025 judges their top-tips for how to get writing those first 10,000 words.For more information on Discoveries: womensprize.com/writers/discoveries
S5 Ep18: Bookshelfie: Lucy Worsley Womens Prize 2024-10-14 | Historian Lucy Worsley sits down with Vick to talk about forgotten women, fan fiction from the 1930s and the misunderstandings around beloved crime writer Agatha Christie.Lucy Worsley OBE is a British historian, author, television presenter and chief curator of Historic Royal Palaces. Lucy has written numerous history books including: Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow; Jane Austen at Home: A Biography; and The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court. She has presented and contributed - often in exquisite costumes - to various TV programmes and in 2019 Suffragettes With Lucy Worsley won a BAFTA. In her new podcast Lady Killers, Lucy investigates the crimes of Victorian women from a contemporary, feminist perspective. Her latest book, Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman is out now.Listen wherever you get your podcasts: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_PodcastWith thanks to Baileys.
S5 Ep17: Bookshelfie: Candice Brathwaite Womens Prize 2024-10-14 | Sunday Times bestselling author Candice Brathwaite reveals how she found her voice, why the UK was long overdue an inclusive book on motherhood and how - if you let it - social media can stifle your best work. Candice’s debut book I’m Not Your Baby Mother was described by the Observer as ‘an essential exploration of the realities of black motherhood in the UK’. She is also the founder of Make Motherhood Diverse - an online initiative that lets more mothers see themselves reflected online. When she’s not writing, you can find her on TV encouraging women to be bolder in their fashion choices on Lorraine. She is also the author of a book of essays on Black British womanhood Sista Sister and her first young adult novel, Cuts Both Ways is out now. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_PodcastWith thanks to Baileys!
S5 Ep16: Bookshelfie: Dawn O’Porter Womens Prize 2024-09-30 | Author and journalist, Dawn O’Porter joins Vick Hope to discuss everything from old Hollywood to Spice Girl Mania and reveals why she’s no longer hungry for fame.Dawn is a renowned broadcaster, novelist and journalist. She has made documentaries about everything from free love to childbirth, is the co-founder and director of refugee charity Choose Love and designs dresses for Joanie Clothing. Dawn is the bestselling author of eight books, including The Cows, So Lucky, Cat Lady and her newest novel Honeybee - which is out now.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_Podcast
S5 Ep15: Bookshelfie: Madeline Miller Womens Prize 2024-09-24 | 2012 Women’s Prize winner Madeline Miller joins Vick Hope and explains why as a writer, you have to be your own biggest cheerleader.Madeline is a New York Times bestselling author and Women’s Prize for Fiction winner. Her debut novel The Song of Achilles came out in 2011 after a whopping 10 years of blood, sweat and tears, which all became worth it with its phenomenal success. Her next novel, Circe, came out in 2018 and is currently being adapted for television. Her latest book Galatea is a short story which became an instant Sunday Times bestseller on its publication earlier this year.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!
S5 Ep14: Bookshelfie: Mother Pukka aka Anna Whitehouse Womens Prize 2024-09-24 | Activist, broadcaster, Women's Prize judge, author and founder of Mother Pukka, Anna Whitehouse delves into the underbelly of the internet and the fight for flexible working.Anna’s campaign, Flex Appeal has been quoted in parliament, featured on national TV and seen her lead lycra-clad flash mobs around UK town centres. Anna is also a columnist for Grazia, is co-presenter of the Dirty Mother Pukka Podcast, hosts her own Sunday night radio show on Heart FM and - with her husband - has co-authored two Sunday times bestselling books: Parenting the Shit Out of Life and Where's My Happy Ending? Anna’s debut novel, Underbelly, is out now.With thanks to Baileys.
Launching Discoveries 2025 Womens Prize 2024-09-19 | Entering its fifth year, Discoveries our pioneering writers development programme launches with the search to uncover the writing stars of tomorrow.Run in partnership with Audible, the Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency, and the Curtis Brown Creative writing school, Discoveries aims to inspire unagented and unpublished women in the UK and Ireland to write their first novels, providing a host of resources designed to support women at all stages of their writing journey, with an ongoing commitment to reach writers currently underrepresented in the UK publishing industry.Find out more: womensprize.com/writers/discoveries
S5 Ep13: Bookshelfie: Noor Murad Womens Prize 2024-08-14 | For another very special bookshelfie episode, Noor Murad chats to Vick live from Wilderness Festival. The unbelievably talented Bahraini-British chef discusses the contradictions between private and public life in a Muslim country.After gaining work experience in Germany and New York, plus studying at the Culinary Institute of America for three years, Noor Murad eventually met Israeli chef Yottam Ottolenghi while working at the Spitalfields deli. She’s now the Head of the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, and has co-written two books with Yottam and the Test Kitchen team – Shelf Love and Extra Good Things.Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_PodcastWith thanks to Baileys
S5 Ep11: Bookshelfie: Aisling Bea - Live at Latitude Womens Prize 2024-08-13 | In a special episode in front of a live audience at Latitude Festival, Vick Hope talks to the hilarious, multi-award winning comedian, writer and actor Aisling Bea about her early career, writing and starring in her much loved Channel 4 show This Way Up, and becoming the face of loneliness.Armed with the stage name ‘Bea’, a tribute to her late father, Aisling broke away from the family tradition of working with horses to pursue a career in performing. After winning awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 and the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2013, she gained exposure as a comedian and began making regular appearances on panel shows such as QI and 8 Out of 10 Cats. She has since gained international acclaim as the creator and star of hit comedy-drama This Way Up.Listen and subscribe: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_Podcast With thanks to Baileys
S5 Ep10: Bookshelfie: Minnie Driver Womens Prize 2024-08-13 | For this very special episode, Minnie Driver talks to Vick Hope in front of a live audience in Bedford Square Gardens, London. The actor, author and singer opens up about her yearning for freedom and the pieces of herself that were sacrificed for fame.Minnie became known for her lead roles in Good Will Hunting and Circle of Friends. She broke into Hollywood where she performed in some incredible films, like The Governess and Hard Rain, alongside some equally incredible actors. She now has three studio albums, hosts her own podcast (Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver) and has her own production company. You may have also seen her star in Amazon’s adaptation of Cinderella and seen her new and evocative memoir, Managing Expectations, in shops which she has recently published. Listen and subscribe: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_Podcast With thanks to Baileys
S5 Ep9: Bookshelfie: Emma Dabiri Womens Prize 2024-08-12 | Writer, academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri talks about identity, ghost stories and why she could make a whole podcast about Toni Morrison's books. Emma’s first book, an essay collection called Don’t Touch My Hair, explores the way that colonisation, oppression and, ultimately, liberation are all expressed in Black women’s hair – and it gained critical acclaim from just about everyone. Emma’s second book - a Sunday Times bestseller - What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition, is a longform essay looking at how support for anti-racism can be translated into meaningful, structural action.This podcast is sponsored by Baileys. Listen and subscribe to Bookshelfie now: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_Podcast
S5 Ep7: Bookshelfie: Laura Whitmore Womens Prize 2024-08-01 | Presenter, broadcaster and author Laura Whitmore chats with Vick about their early MTV days, Love Island and why women should take up more space in a room.Best known for presenting shows like I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! NOW!, Survival of the Fittest and of course, Love Island, she has become a familiar face on our screens. But she’s also a regular voice on her own BBC Radio 5 Live series, The Laura Whitmore Show. She’s an actress, and she’s competed on Strictly and the Great Celebrity Bake-Off! Her self-help book, No One Can Change Your Life Except For You was an instant Sunday Times bestseller.Listen and subscribe to Bookshelfie now: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_Podcast
S5 Ep6: Bookshelfie: Adjoa Andoh Womens Prize 2024-08-01 | Actor, producer and director Adjoa Andoh covers everything from Bridgerton to reincarnation and tells us why she doesn’t care about fame. Coined ‘the undisputed queen of audio and radio drama’ by Penguin Random House, Adjoa is now better known for her leading role as Lady Danbury in Bridgerton. For 30 years she was a BBC Radio actor, and was a welcome addition to popular TV shows like Doctor Who, Eastenders and Casualty. Her theatre credits are extensive, including Great Expectations and A Streetcar Named Desire, and her film credits include her role as Mandela’s secretary in Invictus. She’s recorded over 150 audiobooks, she is an Associate Artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Senior Associate Artist at The Bush Theatre, a Fairtrade Ambassador and runs her own production company, Swinging the Lens.Listen and subscribe now: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_Podcast
S5 Ep5: Bookshelfie: Joy Crookes Womens Prize 2024-07-30 | Singer and songwriter Joy Crookes talks about rude awakenings and the feeling of being ‘slapped in the face’ by books.Joy was initially recognised in 2013 for her cover of Hit the Road Jack which she posted on YouTube, gaining over 600,000 views (one of whom was to be her manager). Three years later, she released her debut single, New Manhattan, at just age 17. She went on to release her debut EP, Influence, with Speakerbox and Insanity Records, performing one of the songs on global music platform COLORS. Since then, she’s won two UK Music Video Awards, a Remarkable Women Award and performed at Glastonbury Festival. Her music focuses on themes of mental health, relationships and culture.Listen and subscribe now: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_Podcast
S5 Ep4: Bookshelfie: Baroness Doreen Lawrence Womens Prize 2024-07-29 | Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBE shares her life of relentless campaigning for justice for her son, Stephen Lawrence.She’s a multi-award winning campaigner and an author, but most importantly she’s a fighter. Her tireless campaigning led to the MacPherson inquiry, which described the Metropolitan Police as “institutionally racist”. In 2003, she was given an OBE for services to community relations and founded the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust to promote community legacy in her son’s name. Her memoir, And Still I Rise, was published in 2007, and in 2020 she was appointed as race relations advisor for the Labour Party.Stephen Lawrence Day is marked officially in the British calendar every 22nd April, commemorating the anniversary of Stephen’s death. The day is an opportunity to celebrate Stephen’s life, to educate young people about the significance of his legacy and highlight the ongoing work of the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation.Listen here: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_Podcast
S5 Ep3: Bookshelfie: Scarlett Curtis Womens Prize 2024-07-29 | Activist and author Scarlett Curtis celebrates Virginia Woolf and her brave and trailblazing attitude to mental health.Former Women’s Prize for Fiction judge, Scarlett, is co-founder of The Pink Protest which has helped change two laws: a bill to help end period poverty and another to include FGM in the Children’s Act. She’s curated two books, Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and Other Lies) and It’s Not Okay to Feel Blue (and Other Lies); the former is a National Book Award winner. link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_Podcast
S5 Ep2: Bookshelfie: Gina Miller Womens Prize 2024-07-25 | Campaigner, Gina Miller tells Vick Hope how she has taken adversity and turned it into power.Gina is a businesswoman and dedicated philanthropist who strongly believes in standing up for what she thinks is right, no matter the cost. She has shown this through her social justice work, her True and Fair Campaign, and through the legal challenges she launched against the government during Brexit. Her memoir, Rise, tells Gina’s remarkable story.Subscribe to the Bookshelfie podcast today: link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_PodcastSponsored by Baileys
S5 Ep1: Bookshelfie: Gabby Logan Womens Prize 2024-07-24 | Join this season’s new host Vick Hope as she talks to Gabby Logan MBE, sports presenter and former gymnast, about the three M’s – midlife, motherhood and her MBE. Gabby is a broadcaster, prolific writer, podcaster and former gymnast. She became a familiar face on our TV screens in the 1990s, and since then has presented every major sporting event in the UK. In 2020 she received an MBE for services to sports broadcasting and the promotion of women in sport. Gabby tells us about the loves and losses in her life, through the books by women that have influenced her.link.chtbl.com/Womens_Prize_for_Fiction_Podcast
The Womens Prize 2024 Womens Prize 2024-07-24 | Step inside Bedford Square Gardens for a historic night as the 2024 winners of the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction are announced!
Lorraine Candy #womensprize Womens Prize 2024-07-17 | Bringing you books you might not have normally picked since 1996! Why not read one of our shortlisted books today: bit.ly/WPBookshop
There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak Womens Prize 2024-07-04 | A new book by Elif Shafak is a wonder to be treasured. There are Rivers in the Sky is released on the 8th August. Find out more about it here: bit.ly/3zxCdSI
V. V. Ganeshananthan on winning the 2024 Womens Prize for Fiction Womens Prize 2024-06-27 | The very modest and wonderful V. V. Ganeshananthan spoke to us just after she'd been announced as the winner of the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction.
The Womens Prize Awards Womens Prize 2024-06-14 | Join us live as we announce the winners of the 29th Women's Prize for Fiction and the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.
Tuppence Middleton reads The Household by Stacey Halls Womens Prize 2024-05-01 | Tuppence Middleton recording a passage of The Household in-studio, the new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Stacey Halls. ★The Household★NOT ALL WHO ARE FALLEN WANT TO BE SAVEDLondon, 1847. In a quiet house in the countryside outside London, the finishing touches are being made to welcome a group of young women. The house and its location are top secret, its residents unknown to one another, but the girls have one thing in common: they are fallen. Offering refuge for prostitutes, petty thieves and the destitute, Urania Cottage is a second chance at life - but how badly do they want it?Meanwhile, a few miles away in a Piccadilly mansion, millionairess Angela Burdett-Coutts, one of the benefactors of Urania Cottage, makes a discovery that leaves her cold. Her stalker of ten years has been released from prison, and she knows it's only a matter of time before their nightmarish game resumes once more.As the women's worlds collide in ways they could never have expected, they will discover that freedom always comes at a price . . .
Announcing the 2024 Womens Prize for Fiction shortlist! Womens Prize 2024-04-24 | Tune in on Wednesday 24th April at 8am BST for the announcement! The sixteen books on the #WomensPrize for Fiction longlist will become six, sponsored by @Baileys and @audible. We hope you discover some brilliant books to buy, borrow, read, love and pass on.
Announcing the 2024 Womens Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist! Womens Prize 2024-03-27 | Tune in on Wednesday 27th March at 6pm GMT for the announcement! The sixteen books on the #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction longlist will become six, on the first ever Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist sponsored by @FindMyPast. We hope you discover some brilliant books to buy, borrow, read, love and pass on.
Barbara Kingsolver winning the Womens Prize for Fiction 2023 Womens Prize 2024-03-20 | Watch as chair of judges Louise Minchin awards the very first double winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction – Barbara Kingsolver
Wifedom by Anna Funder, longlisted for the 2024 Womens Prize for Non-Fiction Womens Prize 2024-03-13 | "This wonderful book challenges the way that women are excluded from the dominant narrative. It is intelligently and compellingly written and, in analysis and delivery, is both original and revelatory." – Professor Suzannah Lipscomb.Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder offers a breathtakingly intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the 20th century: bit.ly/4adSIQT
Announcing the 2024 Womens Prize for Fiction longlist Womens Prize 2024-03-05 | Tune in on Tuesday 5th March at 6pm GMT for the announcement! We'll be unveiling the 29th Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist sponsored by @Audible and @Baileys. We hope you discover some brilliant books to buy, borrow, read, love and pass on.
Announcing the 2024 Womens Prize for Non-Fiction longlist Womens Prize 2024-02-15 | Tune in on Thursday 15th February at 6pm GMT for the announcement! It’s an auspicious time for us here at the #WomensPrize Trust as we unveil the first ever Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction longlist sponsored by @FindMyPast. We hope you discover some brilliant books to buy, borrow, read, love and pass on.
Quick Fire Round 1: Womens Prize for Fiction 2024 Womens Prize 2024-01-08 | Are you a thinker or a doer? Bookshop or library fan? Austen or Woolf? Find out what our #WomensPrize for Fiction judges chose in our first quick fire round!
Announcing the 2023 Womens Prize for Fiction shortlist Womens Prize 2024-01-08 | Join chair of judges Louise Minchin and the judging panel - Tulip Siddiq, Bella Mackie, Rachel Joyce and Irenosen Okojie as they announce the six shortlisted books for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction.
The 2023 Womens Prize for Fiction longlist Womens Prize 2024-01-08 | Join our judges Louise Minchin, Bella Mackie, Irenosen Okojie, Rachel Joyce and Tulip Siddiq as they announce the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction.
Meet the Judges - Womens Prize for Fiction 2023 Womens Prize 2024-01-08 | The 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction judging panel was chaired by Louise Minchin who was joined by Bella Mackie, Rachel Joyce, Irenosen Okojie and Tulip Siddiq.
In conversation with... Kamila Shamsie Womens Prize 2023-11-08 | Non-Fiction judge and 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Kamila Shamsie, tells us how it feels to have won the prize and now be on the other side of the judging process for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.
Introducing the 2024 Womens Prize for Non-Fiction judges Womens Prize 2023-10-25 | The judging panel for the 2024 prize is chaired by historian and broadcaster Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. She is joined by fair fashion campaigner Venetia La Manna; academic, author and consultant Professor Nicola Rollock; biographer and journalist Anne Sebba; and author and 2018 winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Kamila Shamsie.
Introducing the 2024 Womens Prize for Fiction judges Womens Prize 2023-10-25 | The judging panel for the 2024 prize is chaired by author Monica Ali. She is joined by author Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ; author and illustrator Laura Dockrill; actor Indira Varma; and presenter and author Anna Whitehouse.
Sponsoring the Womens Prize Womens Prize 2023-10-21 | For nearly thirty years, the Women's Prize has sought to transform the cultural conversation around women and has celebrated diversity in all its forms. Help us to continue to inspire the writers and readers of tomorrow. www.womensprize.com
