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Tatty which was published in 2004 is the only book by an Irish author on the list.

The Orange Prize for Fiction is the UK's only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, celebrating excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing.

Christine Dwyer Hickey is a previous winner of the Listowel Writers Week and Tatty was shortlisted for the Hughes & Hughes/Sunday Independent Irish Novel of the Year Award earlier this year.

Celebrating its tenth year, the Orange Prize was set up in 1996 to celebrate and promote fiction by women throughout the world to the widest range of readers possible and is awarded for the best novel of the year written by a woman. Any woman writing in English - whatever her nationality, country of residence, age or subject matter - is eligible.

The judges for the 2005 award are Jenni Murray OBE, broadcaster and author (Chair); Jo Brand, comedienne and author; Joanne Harris, author; Jude Kelly OBE, theatre director; Moira Stuart OBE, broadcaster. The winner will be announced on June 7th 2005.

Longlist
Kate Atkinson - Case Histories
Clare Clark - The Great Stink
Kira Cochrane - Escape Routes for Beginners
Joolz Denby - Billie Morgan
Anita Desai - The Zigzag Way
Christine Dwyer Hickey - Tatty
Patricia Ferguson - It So Happens
Melanie Finn - Away From You
Jane Gardam - Old Filth
Sue Gee - The Mysteries of Glass
Miranda Hearn - Nelson’s Daughter
Ingrid Hill - Ursula, Under
Sheri Holman - The Mammoth Cheese
Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Nell Leyshon - Black Dirt
Michelle Lovric - The Remedy
Maile Meloy - Liars and Saints
Joyce Carol Oates - The Falls
Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Tricia Wastvedt - The River

Bibliofemme Reviews: Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey

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