Thursday, 5 June 2008

Tremain Wins Orange Prize

Rose Tremain has won the 2008 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction for her novel The Road Home (9780701177935).

Awarded yesterday, the judges described the book as "a powerfully imagined story and a wonderful feat of emotional empathy told with great warmth and humour".

Joanna Kavenna won the Award for New Writers for her novel Inglorious (9780571232611).

Established in 1996 as a celebration of fiction written by women, the Orange Prize is frequently met with criticism linking to sex discrimination. Shortlisted author Sadie Jones has backed calls for a men's prize, suggesting it would help promote reading among boys. She said: "Anything that adds interest or glamour for boys can only be good sense."

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