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Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction: The Improbability of Love

We conclude our special coverage of The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction with Hannah Rothschild reading from her smart and gripping debut, The Improbability of Love, introduced by Waterstones Online's Peter Whitehead.

Baileys Women's Prize For Fiction: A Little Life

We continue our special coverage of The Baileys Women's Prize For Fiction shortlist with our Hanya Yanagihara interview; Yangiahara is the author of Man Booker-nominated A Little Life, a subversive and troubling take on trauma that has already sparked much debate.

Baileys Women's Prize For Fiction: The Portable Veblen

Our special coverage of this year’s Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction continues with Elizabeth McKenzie talking about her idiosyncratic new novel, The Portable Veblen. Waterstones Online’s Sally Campbell squirrels down to introduce this singular work.

Writing Fiction is an Act of Faith

Elif Shafak is a an award-winning Turkish novelist and political activist. Here she shares her experiences both as a writer and as one of the judges of this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.

Baileys Women's Prize For Fiction: The Glorious Heresies

We continue our special coverage of this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist with The Glorious Heresies, Lisa McInerney's powerful and riotous novel set in Cork's dangerous underworld. Sally Campbell, Waterstones Blog Administrator, investigates.

Baileys Womens' Prize For Fiction: The Green Road

We continue our look at the books shortlisted for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction with Anne Enright’s compelling The Green Road, reviewed by Rob Chilver, Waterstones Content Marketing Coordinator, and guest blogger Kate Neilan.

Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist: Ruby

We begin our look at the books shortlisted for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction with Ruby by Cynthia Bond.

The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016 Shortlist Announced

Here are the six titles in this year's Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist.

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 Shortlist announced

Tonight the highly anticipated shortlist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction was revealed.

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Judges Q&A: Shami Chakrabarti

We conclude our interviews with the judges of this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction with Shami Chakrabarti, this year's Chair of the judges. She discusses her love of fairy tales and which book she has given as gifts the most this year.

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Judges Q&A: Laura Bates

We continue our Q&As with the judges of theBaileys Women's Prize for Fiction with Laura Bates. Here she discusses the best book she's ever been given and the author that inspired her to read.

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 Longlist announced

Today sees the announcement of this year’s highly anticipated longlist for the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction.