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Walter Scott Prize 2024 shortlist announced

In the UK, the shortlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, worth £25,000 (A$48,000), has been announced.

Chosen from a longlist announced in February, the titles shortlisted for the award are:

  • The New Life (Tom Crewe, Vintage)
  • Hungry Ghosts (Kevin Jared Hosein, Bloomsbury)
  • My Father’s House (Joseph O’Connor, Vintage)
  • In the Upper Country (Kai Thomas, John Murray)
  • Absolutely and Forever (Rose Tremain, Chatto & Windus)
  • The House of Doors (Tan Twan Eng, Canongate).

The winner will be announced in June.

 

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