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Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008

http://www.orangeprize.co.uk

Established in 1995 to celebrate the excellence of women's writing and judged entirely by women, the Orange Prize for Fiction was founded by a group of individuals from all aspects of publishing to widen the opportunities for women writers who were frequently passed over by the major literary prizes. Since its inception, the Orange Prize for Fiction has had a major impact on the literary landscape.

Winner (announced June 2008)

 

Shortlist (announced April 2008)

Title Author Publisher ISBN
Fault Lines Nancy Huston Atlantic Books 9781843547563
The Outcast Sadie Jones Chatto & Windus 9780701181758
When We Were Bad Charlotte Mendelson Picador 9780330449298
Lullabies for Little Criminals Heather O'Neill Quercus 9780060875077
The Road Home Rose Tremain Chatto & Windus 9780701177935
Lottery Patricia Wood William Heinemann 9780434017867

 

Longlist (announced March 2008)

Title Author Publisher ISBN
The Blood of Flowers Anita Amirrezvani Headline Review 9780755334193
The Room of Lost Things Stella Duffy Virago 9781844082124
The Keep Jennifer Egan Alfred A. Knopf 9781400043927
The Gathering Anne Enright Jonathan Cape 9780224078733
The Clothes on Their Backs Linda Grant Virago 9781844085408
The Master Bedroom Tessa Hadley Jonathan Cape 9780224078542
Fault Lines Nancy Huston Atlantic Books 9781843547563
Sorry Gail Jones Harvill Secker 9781846550539
The Outcast Sadie Jones Chatto & Windus 9780701181758
The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam Lauren Liebenberg Virago 9781844084647
When We Were Bad Charlotte Mendelson Picador 9780330449298
In The Dark Deborah Moggach Chatto & Windus 9780701181093
Mistress Anita Nair BlackAmber 9781905147304
Lullabies for Little Criminals Heather O'Neill Quercus 9780060875077
The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak Viking 9780670917204
The Septembers of Shiraz Dalia Sofer Picador 9780330447690
The End of Mr. Y. Scarlett Thomas Canongate 9781841959573
Monster Love Carol Topolski Fig Tree 9781905490264
The Road Home Rose Tremain Chatto & Windus 9780701177935
Lottery Patricia Wood William Heinemann 9780434017867

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