Ep 6: Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist 2025 - predictions, omissions & hot(ish) takes

On this week’s episode we catch up on what we’ve been reading, share our thoughts on the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, and talk about some of the April releases we’re looking forward to picking up soon. Recent readsCarnality by Lina Wolf, tr. by Frank PerryHurricane Season by Fernanda MelchorThe Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas The Women’s Prize for Fiction LonglistGood Girl by Aria AberThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleySomewhere Else by Jenni DaichesAmma by Saraid de SilvaCrooked Seeds by Karen JenningsAll Fours by Miranda JulyThe Dream Hotel by Laila LalamiThe Persians by Sanam MahloudjiDream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNesting by Roisín O'DonnellA Little Trickerie by Rosanna PikeBirding by Rose RuaneThe Artist by Lucy SteedsTell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenFundamentally by Nussaibah YounisOur ContendersColored Television by Danzy SennaOrbital by Samantha Harvey There Are Rivers In The Sky by Elif ShafakGliff by Ali Smith  The Echoes by Evie WyldeIt Lasts Forever And Then It’s Over by Anne de MarckenExcited to Read in AprilRoom on the Sea by Andre AcimanGirl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie GilbertOpen, Heaven by Seán HewittAlso mentionedThe Stella PrizeThe Carol Shields Prize for FictionFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.