BOOK AWARDS
Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2009
Established in 1995 to celebrate the excellence of women's writing and judged entirely by women, the Orange Prize for Fiction was founded by a group of individuals from all aspects of publishing to widen the opportunities for women writers who were frequently passed over by the major literary prizes. Since its inception, the Orange Prize for Fiction has had a major impact on the literary landscape.
Winner (announced June 2009)
Home by Marilynne Robinson. Published by Virago ISBN: 9781844085491
Shortlist (announced April 2009)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Scottsboro: A Novel | Ellen Feldman | Picador | 9780330456135 |
| The Wilderness | Samantha Harvey | Jonathan Cape | 9780224086073 |
| The Invention of Everything Else | Samantha Hunt | Harvill Secker | 9781846551925 |
| Molly Fox's Birthday | Deirdre Madden | Faber & Faber | 9780571239658 |
| Home | Marilynne Robinson | Virago | 9781844085491 |
| Burnt Shadows | Kamila Shamsie | Bloomsbury | 9780747597070 |
Longlist (announced March 2009)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| The Household Guide to Dying | Debra Adelaide | HarperCollins | 9780007274703 |
| Girl In A Blue Dress | Gaynor Arnold | Tindal Street Press | 9780955647611 |
| Their Finest Hour And A Half | Lissa Evans | Doubleday | 9780385614238 |
| Blonde Roots | Bernadine Evaristo | Hamish Hamilton | 9780241143858 |
| Scottsboro: A Novel | Ellen Feldman | Picador | 9780330456135 |
| Strange Music | Laura Fish | Jonathan Cape | 9780224080859 |
| Love Marriage: A Novel | V.V. Ganeshananthan | Weidenfeld & Nicholson | 9780297853176 |
| Intuition | Allegra Goodman | Atlantic Books | 9781843548416 |
| The Wilderness | Samantha Harvey | Jonathan Cape | 9780224086073 |
| The Invention of Everything Else | Samantha Hunt | Harvill Secker | 9781846551925 |
| The Lost Dog | Michelle de Kretser | Chatto & Windus | 9780701182106 |
| Molly Fox's Birthday | Deirdre Madden | Faber & Faber | 9780571239658 |
| A Mercy | Toni Morrison | Chatto & Windus | 9780701180454 |
| The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight | Gina Ochsner | Portobello Books | 9781846270079 |
| Home | Marilynne Robinson | Virago | 9781844085491 |
| Evening Is The Whole Day | Preeta Samarasan | Fourth Estate | 9780007271887 |
| Burnt Shadows | Kamila Shamsie | Bloomsbury | 9780747597070 |
| American Wife | Curtis Sittenfeld | Doubleday | 9780385616744 |
| The Flying Troutmans | Miriam Toews | Faber & Faber | 9780571224012 |
| The Personal History of Rachel DuPree | Ann Weisgarber | Macmillan New Writing | 9780230706491 |
