Lisa, we are so proud of you! Many thanks and congratulations again to Lisa Allen-Agostini, whose brilliant The Bread The Devil Knead was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Mary Ann Sieghart, chair of the judges, described it as ‘a deeply humane story set in Trinidad which immerses the reader and is full of warmth and humour and sadness’. Lisa is shown here with winner Ruth Ozeki who said of her fellow Women’s Prize shortlisted authors: ‘These are some of the most amazing women writers I have ever met and it’s been such a privilege to be here. Somehow you [the Women’s Prize] make us all feel like winners, and we ARE all winners.’ Congratulations, Ruth, and of course, Lisa, you ARE our winner!

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