To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, about a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, has topped a list of the most influential books by women. The selection of 20 titles – chosen by the public – was unveiled today and culminates the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction’s new #ThisBook campaign, which has been inspiring book lovers to share … [Read more...] about News – To Kill a Mockingbird Named as Most Life-Changing Book by a Woman
Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014
Novelicious Goes To…Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Awards Ceremony
Kate Mosse welcomes everyone by Amanda Keats Earlier this week, having changed into a dress that had been gathering dust in the back of my wardrobe in the work toilets, I headed down to Southbank for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction – with a few missions already planned for the evening ahead. Speak to Jojo Moyes and thank her for Me Before You Track down Sophie Kinsella … [Read more...] about Novelicious Goes To…Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Awards Ceremony
News – Eimear McBride Wins 2014 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
Eimear McBride, a first-time novelist who failed to get her book published for almost a decade because it was deemed too experimental, was named the winner of the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction last night. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, the winning novel, tells the story of a young woman’s relationship with her brother and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. … [Read more...] about News – Eimear McBride Wins 2014 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
Novelicious Goes To…The Baileys Prize Your First Novel Panel: Advice for Aspiring Novelists
By Amanda Keats Last night, to kick off the week of exciting events surrounding the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Award 2014, Kate Mosse was on hand to chair an exciting panel of experts about writing your first novel – and getting it from your head into the public domain. Mosse was joined by bestselling author Sarah Waters, debut novelist Emma Healey, literary … [Read more...] about Novelicious Goes To…The Baileys Prize Your First Novel Panel: Advice for Aspiring Novelists
Exclusive! Novelicious Chats To…Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlisted Jhumpa Lahiri
Shortlisted for both the Man Booker and the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, Jhumpa Lahiri's second novel, The Lowland, is about two brothers in a post-Independence India Calcutta neighbourhood, who are inseparable as children but whose lives take markedly different paths as they reach their twenties. Here, Jhumpa talks to us about her real-life and literary … [Read more...] about Exclusive! Novelicious Chats To…Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlisted Jhumpa Lahiri