We are delighted to announce our long and short lists for the 4th Virginia Prize for Fiction.
The quality of the novels we received this year were of a very high standard, making the reading enjoyable and the decisions hard!  Entries across a range of genres came from women writing in English from Europe, Antipodes, Asia and America.
The longlist :
The Angel and the Apothecary by Kate Ewing Rose
The Ant on the Flank of the Elephant by Charlotte Ashworth
Beyond Choice by Sandy Norris
Salt in the Blood  by Kathryn Dawes
The Cloister Door by Victoria Hughes
The Selkie Wheel by Juliette Nolan
 The shortlist:
The Dragonfly by Kate Dunn
Shambala Junction by Dipika Mukherjee
Shine on Marquee Moon by Zoe Howe
The Story You Choose to Tell by Karen Levy
The Walls Came Down by Ewa Josefkowicz
We will announce the winner next Monday, 7 March 2016.