Lionel Shriver rubbishes plans for dedicated Year of Publishing Women
The novelist has called Kamila Shamsie’s campaign for a pledge to publish only female authors in 2018 ‘a ridiculous idea’
September 2010
Orange prize trouble
Letter: If fiction written by women is every bit as vital, challenging and, well, good as fiction written by men – and it is – is the cause of female writers not hindered by the existence of an award which every year gives a prize to Best Book By a Girl?
October 2005
What I owe to Coronation Street
Andrea Levy
Andrea Levy: On Tuesday night, Andrea Levy's novel Small Island was named the "Orange of Oranges", the best winner of the women-only book award since its inception in 1995. After the award, Levy discussed her inspiration with judges Jenni Murray, Sandi Toksvig and Kate Mosse. Below is an edited extract of the transcript.
Small Island novel wins biggest Orange prize
A definitive comic novel about the human experience of Caribbean immigration to Britain was named the finest Orange prize winner of the past 10 years last night, and confirmed its author, Andrea Levy, as a literary heavyweight.
Orange judges to name best novelist of decade
Tonight all the leading judges of the women-only Orange award for the past decade meet in London to emulate the Booker prize by picking the "Orange of Oranges", the best novel to win it during the period.
August 2005
A whole new sentence
As the winners of the Penguin/Orange book club of the year, their prize should have been a weekend in Edinburgh. Just one problem: the members of the High Down reading group are in prison. The alternative? The chance to discuss a novel with its author. Up stepped Nick Hornby.
June 2005
'I acted like a man - and prepared for victory'
Stranger than fiction
Aminatta Forna
The Dress
Orange appeal
Novel of taboos and twists wins Orange
'He hurled his voice like a weapon'
Lionel Shriver wins Orange Prize
April 2005
Orange prize for first-time writers boosts short stories
