Women’s Prize

Suzy and Rachel have been tackling both the Ockham and Booker Prize shortlists for a number of years now. In 2023 we decided to turn up the heat a notch by including the Women’s Prize shortlist into our reading calendar.

We were encouraged by the finalists of years past, books we were drawn to and often ended up reading anyway. So we thought why not formalise it and make it an offical part of our reading priorities every year.

So, as with our other book award events, we will read the shortlist once announced, host a judging evening for two, and announce our thoughts prior to the official awards evening and see if we can’t channel the judges thoughts. And of course we can’t help ourselves but backlog a few shortlists too.

Women’s Prize 2025
Winner: The Safe Keep by Yael van der Wouden
Suzy’s pick to win:
Rachel’s pick to win: All Fours by Miranda July

Women’s Prize 2024
Winner: Brotherless Night by V V Ganeshananthan
Suzy’s pick to win: Brotherless Night by V V Ganeshananthan
Rachel’s pick to win: Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

Women’s Prize 2023
Winner: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Suzy & Rachel’s pick to win: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Women’s Prize 2022
Winner: The Book of Form & Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
Suzy’s pick to win: The Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Rachel’s pick to win: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak