2019 Winner

Fiction + our 2019 winner. Leading up to the announcement of Tayari Jones as the winner of the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction, Zing Tsjeng chats with the guests at the awards ceremony about gender equality, the view from their industries and which brilliant women we should all be looking out for in the months ahead. Featuring Naomi Alderman, Stanley Tucci, Viv Groskop, Catherine Mayer, Otegha Uwagba, Leyla Hussein and Tayari Jones fresh from collecting her award.Recommendations include:The Power by Naomi AldermanThe Illegal Days by Grace PaleyOctavia Butler, authorUrsula Le Guin, authorIsabelle Huppert, actorLowborn by Kerry HudsonHow to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking by Viv GroskopAnna Akhmatova, poetDr Hannah Barham-Brown, doctor and campaignerAthena Stevens, actor, writer and directorLittle Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by Otegha UwagbaMoney: A User's Guide by Laura Whateleygal-dem.comManal al-Sharif, Saudi Arabian activistKimberley Motley, attorney and human rights activistFor more details head over to www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk or check out #WomensPrize and @WomensPrize on Twitter and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.