Here are the books shortlisted in the fiction, nonfiction and poetry categories for the 2024 Writer’s Prize, formerly known as the Rathbones Folio Prize. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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Books discussed & purchase links:

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781787334601

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241353950

The Fraud by Zadie Smith
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241336991

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780241621301

A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781783787708

Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784744526

Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9780571378906

Self-Portrait as Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781800173101

The Home Child by Liz Berry
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/9781784742683

My full reviews of some of these books:

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vzQwxTG-y13g

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vRqf2XM3P9Sc

The Fraud by Zadie Smith
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2023/7/29/the-fraud-by-zadie-smith

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:54 Fiction
6:48 NonFiction
10:13 Poetry
14:02 Conclusion

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