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Photo of the Reclaim Her Name collection

Reclaim Her Name


To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, we teamed up with our sponsor Baileys to do…

Wed 12 August, 2020

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Photo of the Cardiff Feminist Book Club for the #ReadingWomen Campaign

#ReadingWomen Groups: Meet The Cardiff Feminist Book Club


The Cardiff Feminist Book Club is the second of our official reading groups for 2020, shadowing the #ReadingWomen campaign to…

Fri 7 August, 2020

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Writing Prompts from Women’s Prize winners


Are you taking part in the #ReadingWomen challenge, to work your way through the backlist of winners in celebration of the…

Fri 7 August, 2020

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Photo of all of the Women's Prize for Fiction winners

A Bookseller’s Perspective


Waterstones’ Fiction Buyer Bea Carvahlo shares her thoughts on the #ReadingWomen campaign celebrating the Women’s Prize for Fiction’s 25th anniversary…

Fri 17 July, 2020

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Photo of Book and Brew reading group

#ReadingWomen Groups: Meet Book and Brew


We are delighted to introduce Book and Brew as one of our official reading groups for 2020, who applied to…

Thu 9 July, 2020

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Women’s Prize for Fiction at RNIB Library


Lynne Livingstone from the Royal National Institute of Blind People tells us how blind readers benefit from the Women’s Prize…

Fri 5 June, 2020

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Photo of the 2020 judges and Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist

Announcing the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist


We are absolutely thrilled to reveal this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist, in the Prize’s 25th year. The shortlist…

Tue 21 April, 2020

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Photo of Tayari Jones accepting the 2019 Women's Prize

A note from our Founder Director, Kate Mosse


For the first time since the Women’s Prize was founded 25 years ago, we will not be gathering in the…

Wed 25 March, 2020

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