Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 54 minutes ago

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Book prize season is in full swing, and one of the first big awards to announce its 2023 longlist is the Women's Prize.

Here are my 16 predictions - let me know in the comments if you've read any of these, or if I'm missing some no-brainers! (Cue a tonne of comments about Maggie O'Farrell, Gabrielle Zevin and Tess Gunty 😬)

Here’s the @BobTheBookerer video I mentioned, featuring two of the books on my prediction list: youtu.be/23sQNIqoS9s

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00:00 Introduction
00:22 Eligibility criteria
02:01 The Populars
03:17 The Critical Darlings
04:28 The Unreleased
06:17 The Offbeats
09:05 The Zeitgeist
11:26 The Bubbling Under
12:57 Wrap up

(Painfully aware I called The Bubbling Under the 'fifth and final' category, when it was actually the sixth!)

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