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This year’s shortlist for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. Congratulations to the six shortlisted authors.

The full shortlist is:

Chair of judges Margaret Mountford says: “Our choices reflect a really diverse mix of brilliant writing from new and established authors around the world and we hope that everyone will find much to enjoy in them.” The shortlist includes one previously shortlisted author (Enright) and three debut novelists (Bond, McInerney and Rothschild).

The 2016 winner of the Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction will be announced on Wednesday 8 June. To find out more about the Prize, you can visit their website here.