NoViolet Bulawayo and Margo Jefferson join ‘exciting’ Rathbones Folio prize shortlist

The newly formatted prize will, for the first time, name winners in fiction, nonfiction and poetry and the shortlist includes writers from across the worldThe shortlists for this year’s Rathbones Folio prize spans three continents and includes Booker prize-shortlisted Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo and Pulitzer prize-winning writer Margo Jefferson’s memoir Constructing a Nervous System.This is the first year in which the new format for the Rathbones Folio prize is running; a winner will be named in each of the three categories (fiction, nonfiction and poetry), with those winners then going on to compete for the overall prize. Category winners will receive £2,000 each, with the overall winner getting an additional £30,000. Since 2017 the prize has been open to nonfiction and poetry as well as fiction, but the introduction of category winners is new. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-01-31 19:45:49 UTC ]
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