Eric Karl Anderson | The Writers Prize 2024 Shortlists Reaction @EricKarlAnderson | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Here are the books shortlisted in the fiction, nonfiction and poetry categories for the 2024 Writer's Prize, formerly known as the Rathbones Folio Prize. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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Books discussed & purchase links:

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334601

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241353950

The Fraud by Zadie Smith
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241336991

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241621301

A Thread of Violence by Mark O'Connell
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783787708

Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784744526

Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571378906

Self-Portrait as Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781800173101

The Home Child by Liz Berry
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784742683


My full reviews of some of these books:

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
youtube.com/watch?v=zQwxTG-y13g

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
youtube.com/watch?v=Rqf2XM3P9Sc

The Fraud by Zadie Smith
lonesomereader.com/blog/2023/7/29/the-fraud-by-zadie-smith


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:54 Fiction
6:48 NonFiction
10:13 Poetry
14:02 Conclusion

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