Tag Archives: Baileys Prize

Baileys’ Women’s Prize for Fiction – Longlist (and shortlist) 2016

Posted on March 8, 2016 by nicolaliteraryramblings

Everything But The Girl takes on The Apprentice! It’s a pretty stellar judging panel over at the Baileys awards this year, with Margaret Mountford, Elif Shafak and Tracey Thorn taking to centre stage. Every year this prize just keeps on getting … Continue reading →

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Baileys’ Women’s Prize for Fiction Best of the Decade OR “What a blinkin’ performance!”

Posted on December 5, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

It took an imminently expiring passport (you know that sinking “how did you let this happen” feeling?) and a belligerent bloke at the British Consulate here in Paree – “Désolé, Madame, mais le système a changé…” – to force a welcome … Continue reading →

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“The Road Home” by Rose Tremain (2007) – some things just get better with age

Posted on October 26, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

What a great writer. I raced headily through “Restoration” and its sequel “Merivel” last year, and within a few pages of “The Road Home” this week I felt myself to be back in good hands and on familiar territory. Rose … Continue reading →

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Baileys’ Prize for Women – ‘Now We Are 20’ : “Everyone’s a winner, baby…”

Posted on October 23, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

With 20 years’ worth of titles under the Orange/Baileys’ belt, from Helen Dunmore’s “A Spell of Winter” in 1996 to Ali Smith’s “How To Be Both” just earlier this year, someone on the Baileys’ team has come up with a … Continue reading →

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“The Undertaking” by Audrey Magee (2014) – book review

Posted on July 19, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

Every now and then a book comes along that gets under your skin and literally knocks you off your size sixes. “The Undertaking” is such a novel, and it is going to stay with me for a very long time. … Continue reading →

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“We Need to Talk about Kevin” by Lionel Shriver (2003) – book review

Posted on June 12, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

Read a good while back, and subsequently watched the film starring Tilda Swinton, but now revisiting it in the light of it being the Orange / Baileys’s book of the year for 2005, and to urge anyone who knows not the plot to … Continue reading →

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Baileys’ Women’s Prize for Fiction 2015 – winner

Posted on June 3, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

Just let out a yelp of joy that was so heartfelt – and loud – that the cat has promptly skedaddled out of the room in horror.  Thrilled to bits to confirm that the winner for the Bailey’s prize for this … Continue reading →

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“A Spool of Blue Thread” by Anne Tyler (2015) – book review

Posted on June 2, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

I don’t suppose many other people have watched the film “Philomena” three times (I know, ridiculous) and will have a clue what I am rabbiting on about, but if you too are a fan of Judi Dench and everything she touches, … Continue reading →

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“The Bees” by Laline Paull (2014) – book review

Posted on May 28, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

Have just put this book down and am feeling nonplussed. On the one hand, was generally overjoyed at having finished all six of the 2015 shortlisted Baileys’s Prize picks inside the deadline; on the other am loath not to be … Continue reading →

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“How To Be Both” by Ali Smith (2014) – book review

Posted on May 10, 2015 by nicolaliteraryramblings

Ali Smith is a genius. She is undoubtedly a contender for ‘author of the year’. And this is quite possibly the write-up of the times (hers, not mine, goes without saying), although the jacket cover, while being very alluring, is … Continue reading →

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