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Complex stories of migration are among the finalists for the Women's Prize for Fiction

Apr. 24, 2024 03:18 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Two novels that tell complex and surprising stories of migration are among six finalists for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction. U.S.-French writer Aube Rey Lescure’s debut novel “River East, River West” depicts west to east immigration through the story of...

Nonfiction book publishing is dominated by men. A new prize hopes to help change that

Feb. 15, 2024 13:11 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — Go into many bookstores, and the nonfiction shelves will be dominated by men. The Women’s Prize for Nonfiction hopes to change that. “Nonfiction is still perceived to some extent as a man’s game,” said British historian Suzannah Lipscomb, who...