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06/03/2006
Orange Prize longlist announced
The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK's only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, today announced the 2006 longlist.
Among the 20 authors listed are Helen Dunmore - winner of the inaugural Orange Prize - and two writers that made last year's Booker Prize shortlist, Zadie Smith and Ali Smith.
As well as established authors (Sarah Waters, Marilynne Robinson, Joyce Carol Oates, Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory), five first-time authors are on the longlist.
Now in its 11th year, the Orange Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing.
Previous winners include Lionel Shriver for We Need to Talk About Kevin, Andrea Leavy for Small Island and Ann Patchett for Bel Canto.
The shortlist will be released on 26 April with the awards ceremony taking place on 6 June.
The winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction receives 30,000, which is anonymously endowed, and a limited edition bronze figurine called the 'Bessie'.
Longlist:
Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
Disobedience by Naomi Alderman
Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany
Frangipani by Celestine Hitiura Vaite
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Harbor by Lorraine Adams
House of Orphans by Helen Dunmore
Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller
Minaret by Leila Aboulela
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Rape A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates
The Accidental by Ali Smith
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
The Position by Meg Wolitzer
Watch Me Disappear by Jill Dawson
White Ghost Girls by Alice Greenaway
Bibliofemme Reviews:
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
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