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Chef, broadcaster, and food and travel writer Romy Gill is on #Bookshelfie this week, talking to Vick about food, her career, and how Nigella Lawson's storytelling inspired her own writing. Watch here www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pFy... on YouTube, or listen wherever you get your podcasts🎧

Delve deeper into the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist with our free reading guides! With plot summaries, discussion points, reflective questions and more, these are the perfect resource to accompany your reading: womensprize.com/prizes/women...

We're counting down the days until we reveal the six books that make up the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist.

Which books would be on your shortlist?

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Take our survey by 23:59pm BST on Thursday 30 April for the chance to win a bundle of Women’s Prize merch worth over £50: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/91083688/...

There’s just one week to go until we announce the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist!

How much of the longlist have you read so far?

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Bookshelfie x Oti Mabuse YouTube video by Women's Prize

Broadcaster, author and Strictly star Oti Mabuse joins Vick in the #Bookshelfie studio this week, talking about her love for spicy romance novels, her rejection of tokenism and why she loves audiobooks. Watch here www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF9i... on YouTube, or listen wherever you get your podcasts🎧

The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction titles.

Have you seen the shortlisted titles for the 2026 @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction?

The winner will be revealed on 11 June - before then, why not borrow them all from your local library and pick your own favourite?

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The six brilliant women behind the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist: Lyse Doucet, Daisy Fancourt, @judithmackrell.bsky.social, Jane Rogoyska, Arundhati Roy and @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social💜

The power of a popular fiction writer | Bookshelfie x Karin Slaughter Bestselling crime writer Karin Slaughter reveals the gruesome storytelling culture she grew up in and why she thinks Wuthering Heights’ Cathy is “kind of a whiny bitch”. Karin is one of the world’s ...

Watch here www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzQw... on YouTube, or listen wherever you get your podcasts🎧

Joining Vick in the #Bookshelfie studio this week is bestselling crime writer @karinslaughter.com. Karin talks to Vick about the gruesome storytelling culture she grew up in, her writing and her thoughts on Wuthering Heights, alongside the five books by women that have shaped her.

'We Do Not Part' by Han Kang is a hymn to friendship, a eulogy to the imagination and above all an indictment against forgetting. Out now in paperback, we spoke to Han about where she writes, her creative process, writing advice and more. Read here: womensprize.com/where-i-writ...

Congratulations!💜

Nation of Strangers hardback by Ece Temelkuran, floating against a grey background. A sticker reads 'Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026, sponsored by Find My Past'

We couldn’t be prouder to share that Ece Temelkuran's Nation of Strangers has made the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist! Congratulations @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social @womensprize.bsky.social

Nation of Strangers is out now in hardback and is publishing in paperback on the 23 April.

I am so proud to be chair of judges’ panel for 2026 #womensprizefornonfiction - with brilliant team work with the rest of the panel - @ninastibbe.bsky.social Roma Agrawal, Nicola Elliott and Nicola Williams - and the support of the fantastic #womensprize team. Here is our shortlist! 👇🏽💪🏽❤️

I am honoured at being a part of this brilliant @womensprize.bsky.social Non-Fiction shortlist. It is incredibly moving to share a list with such extraordinary women who have written exquisite books. I am most thankful to the prize judges for appreciating Nation of Strangers. 🙏🏼@canongate.co.uk

Congratulations Ece💜

With thanks to @findmypast.bsky.social and our judges @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social, Roma Agrawal, Nicola Elliott, Nina Stibbe and Nicola Williams.

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Congratulations to: Lyse Doucet, Daisy Fancourt,
@judithmackrell.bsky.social, Jane Rogoyska, Arundhati Roy and @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social

The 2026 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction shortlist.

How many have you read so far?

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With thanks to @findmypast.bsky.social and our judges @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social, Roma Agrawal, Nicola Elliott, Nina Stibbe and Nicola Wiliiams.

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Announcing the 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlist! Join us as we reveal the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist on Wednesday 25 March at 2pm GMT.

Introducing the 2026 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction shortlist – six exceptional books, each a testament to how vital women’s writing is to our understanding of the world, and our imagining of tomorrow. Discover the shortlist here: youtu.be/v0O74n1r780

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Today’s the day! @womensprize.bsky.social for non-fiction shortlist announcement at 2pm! So proud to be chair of this panel of judges - can’t wait to share the list with you all!

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Bookshelfie x Roma Agrawal YouTube video by Women's Prize

Roma talks to Vick about reclaiming her body after childbirth, centring the knowledge of non-western cultures and why engineering is more creative than you think. Watch here youtu.be/4t3aDeqA0ds?... on YouTube, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Host of the Women's Prize for Fiction's Bookshelfie podcast, Vick Hope, to the right, with guest Roma Agrawal to the left.

Joining Vick in the #Bookshelfie studio this week is engineer, author, broadcaster and 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction judge, Roma Agrawal!

There’s just 48 hours until we discover the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist!

Which books do you hope make the list?

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‘This was literature as gelignite’: writers on life-chang... Ahead of the Women’s Prize for nonfiction 2026 shortlist, we asked some of our favourite writers to share the books that shaped their writing lives

Thank you so much @tomgatti.bsky.social & @theobserveruk.bsky.social for showcasing the richness of non-fiction by women & the vitally important work of @womensprize.bsky.social in championing women's voices in literature. (1/2)

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The 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist will be announced this Wednesday 25 March at 2pm GMT.

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Alice Evelyn Yang’s ‘A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing’ uses folklore and magical realism to dive headfirst into the violent legacy of colonialism, intergenerational trauma, and the past’s refusal to stay silent. Read our interview with Alice to find out more: womensprize.com/in-conversat...

‘The Best of Everything’ by @kitdewaal.com follows the life of Paulette, a working-class Caribbean woman in 1970s Birmingham, in a cathartic and uplifting celebration of found families and the life-changing power of kindness and love. Learn more here: womensprize.com/in-conversat...