The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize today (Tuesday 12 May) announces its longlist of 15 books which showcase the breadth and vibrancy of British writing today. Now in its 5th year, the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize is unique in its aim to celebrate great British fiction and each year awards a group of 8 writers with £5,000 each.
The longlisted books are:
- A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth (Canongate Books)
- Beastings by Benjamin Myers (Bluemoose Books)
- Dear Thief by Samantha Harvey (Jonathan Cape, Penguin Random House)
- Mobile Library by David Whitehouse (Picador, Pan Macmillan)
- Mother Island by Bethan Roberts (Chatto & Windus, Penguin Random House)
- Significance by Jo Mazelis (Seren Books)
- The Four Marys by Jean Rafferty (Saraband)
- The Incarnations by Susan Barker (Doubleday, Transworld)
- The Offering by Grace McCleen (Sceptre, Hodder & Stougton)
- The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies (Salt)
- The Spice Box Letters by Eve Makis (Sandstone Press)
- The Stray American by Wendy Brandmark (Holland Park Press)
- The Way Out by Vicki Jarrett (Freight Books)
- Wittgenstein Jr by Lars Iyer (Melville House UK)
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