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Announcing the reading groups shadowing the Baileys prize

We recently invited reading groups to apply to shadow the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. We had lots of entries and are delighted to announce the successful groups.

Announcing the groups

The shortlist was announced on 7 April and over 80 groups applied to shadow it, the 12 chosen groups are below. We’ll introduce them properly over the next few weeks so keep checking back.

* Eastwood Book Club (East Midlands)
* Waterfront Book Club (Ipswich)
* London Book Club (London)
* Edinburgh Fringe (Edinburgh)
* Two Decades of Reading Together (Brighton)
* Devonport High (Plymouth)
* Warwickshire Super Readers (West Midlands)
* East London Books (London)
* Ellesmere Library Reading Group (West Midlands)
* Durham Eclectics (Durham)
* Walsall Nubian Readers (Birmingham)
* Ruth’s Readers (Hampshire)

Get involved

Don’t worry if you weren’t chosen, we’d still like to hear your thoughts on the shortlist. You can still leave comments and reviews by joining Reading Groups for Everyone or joining the conversation on twitter.

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