Shortlisted for Society of Women Writers 2020 Book Awards

 

WHAT HAVE THESE TWO BOOKS GOT IN COMMON?

NOTE THE GOLD STICKERS.

 SHORTLISTED BOOKS FOR 2020  SOCIETY  OF WOMEN WRITERS 

POETRY JUDGED BY MARGARET BRADSTOCK

 

P.S. Cottier | Monstrous
Tricia Dearborn | Autobiochemistry
Pip Griffin | Margaret Caro
Colleen Keating | Desert Patterns
Colleen Keating | Hildegard of Bingen

FICTION JUDGED BY CAROLYN BEAUMONT

 

Nicole Alexander | Stone Country
Diane Armstrong | The Collaborator
Carmel Bendon | Grasping at Water
Cindy Broadbent | The Revolutionary’s Cousin
Christine Sykes | The Changing Room
Julie Thorndyke | Mrs Rickaby’s Lullaby

 

NON FICTION JUDGED BY JUDITH O’CONNOR

 

Colleen Keating | Hildegard of Bingen
Liz Newton | The Firing Line
Jessica North | Esther
Jo Oliver | Jessie Traill – a Biography
Annabet Ousback | Red Herrings for Breakfast
Gill Shaddick | The Hong Kong Letters

 

CHILDREN JUDGED BY PAUL McDONALD

 

Georgina Donaghey | In the Shadow of an Elephant
Susanne Gervay | The Boy in the Blue Glasses
Libby Hathorn | Miss Franklin

 

YOUNG ADULT JUDGED BY PAUL McDONALD
Judge’s decision that no prizes will be awarded in this category