The shortlist for this year’s Green Carnation Prize has just been announced. The Prize celebrates LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) writing and the shortlist is:
* 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)
* Remembrance of Things I Forgot – Bob Smith (Terrace Books)
* Ever Fallen in Love – Zoe Strachan (Sandstone Press)
* The Empty Family – Colm Toibin (Penguin Books)
Chair of the judges for 2011, and co-founding member of the prize, Simon Savidge said “Firstly I want to say what an incredible longlist of books we had this year, it certainly made for some interesting and and passionate discussion over the last twenty-four hours. I think we as a panel have chosen six incredible reads and a shortlist where each one of these titles could easily win… which of course makes the job of picking one final winner all the more difficult.”
The winner will be announced on 7 December 2011.
View the debate about the Prize on the Guardian blog.
