Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors for this year’s Wellcome book prize. This prize is awarded annually to the best new work of fiction or non-fiction centred on medicine and health.

The shortlisted books are…

• The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
• Signs for Lost Children by Sarah Moss
• It’s All in Your Head by Suzanne O’Sullivan
• Playthings by Alex Pheby
• The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink
• Neurotribes by Steve Silberman

Chair of the judges, broadcaster Joan Bakewell, says, ‘What’s been so interesting, reading for the prize, is how many different ways there are of knowing about sickness and health, describing and exploring them: the subject has such powerful meaning, in memoir and in fiction, in medical speculation and in history.’

The winner of the Wellcome book prize will be announced on 25 April.