A Q&A with Pat Barker
Pat Barker’s wonderful historical retelling The Silence of the Girls was shortlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction. We...
There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now.
Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story?
Discover the greatest Greek myth of all – retold by the witness history forgot.
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Pat Barker
Madeline Miller
Diana Evans
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Anna Burns
Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones
Sophie van Llewyn
Madeline Miller
Akwaeke Emezi
Sarah Moss
Valeria Luiselli
Anna Burns
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Sally Rooney
Lillian Li
Diana Evans
Bernice L. McFadden
Yvonne Battle-Felton
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
Melissa Broder
Pat Barker
Barbara Kingsolver
Ruth Ozeki
Susanna Clarke
Maggie O'Farrell
Tayari Jones
Kamila Shamsie
Naomi Alderman
Lisa McInerney
Ali Smith
Eimear McBride
A.M. Homes
Madeline Miller
Téa Obreht
Barbara Kingsolver
Marilynne Robinson
Rose Tremain
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Lionel Shriver
Andrea Levy
Valerie Martin
Ann Patchett
Kate Grenville
Linda Grant
Suzanne Berne
Carol Shields
Anne Michaels
Helen Dunmore
Pat Barker’s wonderful historical retelling The Silence of the Girls was shortlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction. We...
We’re delighted to reveal this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist, as chosen by our 2019 judges. The shortlist, which...
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