The Women's Prize for Fiction longlist 2023
The longlist for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced! The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze figurine known as a ‘Bessie’, created and donated by the artist Grizel Niven. Both are anonymously endowed.
Below are the sixteen longlisted books.
- Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
- Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
- Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
- Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
- Homesick by Jennifer Croft
- I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel
- Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
- Pod by Laline Paull
- Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
- The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
- The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie
- The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
- Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
- Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin
