We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2019.
Rania Abouzeid No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria (Oneworld)
Aida Edemariam The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History (4th Estate)
Aminatta Forna Happiness (Bloomsbury)
Sarah Moss Ghost Wall (Granta)
Guy Stagg The Crossway (Picador)
Adam Weymouth Kings of the Yukon: A River Journey (Particular Books)
This year’s judges are This year’s judges are Sabrina Mahfouz, Michèle Robertsand Ian Thomson.
Our Members are champions of literature. Their support makes our engagement work in schools and prisons possible and they enable us to celebrate literature in all its wonderful diversity. As a thank you, we give them all the joys of a literary festival and book club rolled into one, all year round.
Our Members are champions of literature. Their support makes our engagement work in schools and prisons possible and they enable us to celebrate literature in all its wonderful diversity. As a thank you, we give them all the joys of a literary festival and book club rolled into one, all year round.