The longlist for this year's prize announced

The Orange Broadband Prize For Fiction, now in its 13th year, celebrates excellence, originality and accessiblity in women's writing. Any woman writing in English is eligible for the prize and this year's longlist includes a stong showing from debut novelists which make up seven of the twenty books.

The winner of last year's prize was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun. The shortlist for this year's prize will be announced on the 15th April and the winner will be announced in London on the 4th June and presented with a prize of £30,000. The judging panel this year includes broadcaster Kirsty Lang, singer Lily Allen, Guardian Review editor Lisa Allardice and the novelists Philippa Gregory and Bel Mooney.

Click on the ISBN to find out more about the book and to order online.

Orange Prize 2008 - Longlist

ISBN Title Author RRP
9780755334216 The Blood Of Flowers Anita Amirrezvani £7.99
9781844082124 The Room Of Lost Things Stella Duffy £14.99
9780349120447 The Keep Jennifer Egan £7.99
9780099501633 The Gathering Anne Enright £7.99
9781844085415 The Clothes On Their Back Linda Grant £11.99
9780224078542 The Master Bedroom Tessa Hadley £16.99
9781843547563 Fault Lines Nancy Huston £10.99
9780099507093 Sorry Gail Jones £7.99
9780701181758 The Outcast Sadie Jones £12.99
9781844084647 The Voluptuous Delights Of Peanut Butter & Jam Lauren Liebenberg £14.99
9780330449304 When We Were Bad Charlotte Mendelson £7.99
9780099507123 In The Dark Deborah Moggach £7.99
9781905147304 Mistress Anita Nair £11.99
9781847242334 Lullabies For Little Criminals Heather O'Neill £9.99
9780141031699 The Bastard Of Istanbul Elif Shafak £7.99
9780330447690 The Septembers Of Shiraz Dalia Sofer £14.99
9781847671172 The End Of Mr Y Scarlett Thomas £10.99
9781905490264 Monster Love Carol Topolski £16.99
9780701177935 The Road Home Rose Tremain £16.99
9780434017867 Lottery Patricia Wood £12.99