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Join the Women's Prize for Fiction's Book Club

Have you read any of the shortlisted titles for the Women’s Prize for Fiction? If so, then get involved in the Women’s Prize for Fiction Book Club for an opportunity to be part of the discussion celebrating the best of women’s fiction, and to see what book groups are recommending.

Be part of the Women’s Prize for Fiction online community:

* Join the Women’s Prize Book Club – simply log on to Google+ (if you’re not a member you’ll need to create a gmail account) to meet other members of the book club and share your views on the shortlist and longlist.

* Join in with the celebrations on 5 June and hold a Women’s Prize for Fiction party. You can download our party ideas and there will be the opportunity to stream the Women’s Prize Awards Ceremony live.

* Visit the Women’s Prize YouTube page to watch a series of live interactive Women’s Prize conversations on Google+.

* Join us in the countdown to the Awards Ceremony and get involved in the discussion on facebook or twitter. You can also follow the Women’s Prize on "twitter ":https://twitter.com/WomensPrize and on Google+.

The Women’s Prize for Fiction, formerly The Orange Prize for Fiction, is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world celebrating excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing. The shortlist is Kate Atkinson for Life After Life, A.M. Homes for May We Be Forgiven, Barbara Kingsolver for Flight Behaviour, Hilary Mantel for Bring Up the Bodies, Maria Semple for Where’d You Go Bernadette and Zadie Smith for NW.

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