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Green Carnation Prize 2011 Longlist announced

The Green Carnation Prize, which celebrates LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) writing, 2011 longlist has just been announced:

By Nightfall – Michael Cunningham (Fourth Estate)
The Strange Case of the Composer and his Judge – Patricia Duncker (Bloomsbury)
The Proof of Love – Catherine Hall (Portobello)
Red Dust Road – Jackie Kay (Picador)
The Retribution – Val McDermid (Little Brown)
Purge – Sofi Oksanen (Atlantic Books)
There But for The… – Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton)
Remembrance of Things I Forgot – Bob Smith (Terrace Books)
Ever Fallen in Love – Zoe Strachan (Sandstone Press)
The Empty Family – Colm Toibin (Penguin Books)
Role Models – John Waters (Beautiful Books)
Before I Go To Sleep – S.J Watson (Doubleday)
Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? – Jeanette Winterson (Jonathan Cape)

The shortlist will be announced on 2 November 2011, and the winner on 7 December the 7th.

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