Grenville longlisted for 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction

In the UK, the longlist for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced.

Local author Kate Grenville has been longlisted for Restless Dolly Maunder (Text).

The longlisted titles are:

• Hangman (Maya Binyam, Pushkin Press)
• In Defence of the Act (Effie Black, époque press)
• And Then She Fell (Alicia Elliott, Atlantic)
• The Wren, the Wren (Anne Enright, Vintage)
• The Maiden (Kate Foster, Mantle)
• Brotherless Night (V V Ganeshananthan, Viking)
• Restless Dolly Maunder (Kate Grenville, Text)
• Enter Ghost (Isabella Hammad, Vintage)
• Soldier Sailor (Claire Kilroy, Faber)
• 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster (Mirinae Lee, Virago)
• The Blue, Beautiful World (Karen Lord, Gollancz)
• Western Lane (Chetna Maroo, Picador)
• Nightbloom (Peace Adzo Medie, Oneworld)
• Ordinary Human Failings (Megan Nolan, Vintage)
• River East, River West (Aube Rey Lescure, Duckworth)
• A Trace of Sun (Pam Williams, Legend Press).

The 2024 longlist was chosen by judges Monica Ali (chair), Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ, Laura Dockrill, Indira Varma and Anna Whitehouse.

Said Ali: ‘With the strength and vitality of contemporary women’s fiction very much in evidence, reading the entries for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction has been a joyful experience. Each one of these books is brilliant, original and utterly unputdownable. Collectively, they offer a wide array of compelling narratives from around the world, written with verve, wit, passion and compassion.’

A shortlist of six books will be announced on 24 April, with the winner awarded on 13 June at an event in London, along with the winner of the 2024 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, local author Anna Funder is in the running for this inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction.

Category: Awards