Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Readings, The Southbank Centre

The six finalists for the only literary prize especially for women will read from and discuss their shortlisted novels. Chair of judges Shami Chakrabarti (Liberty) will lead a question and answer session, which will reflect on the themes of the respective novels and explore literature more broadly. 

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 finalists

Sarah Waters for The Paying Guests
Ali Smith for How to be Both
Laline Paull for The Bees 
Rachel Cusk for Outline
Kamila Shamsie for A God in Every Stone
Anne Tyler for A Spool of Blue Thread

If you've already got stuck into some of this shortlist, no doubt you'll be ready with questions for the authors. And if you haven't had a chance to read the novels yet, come along and be inspired about what to read next. Expect eloquent, engaging and enlightening discussions from six of our most esteemed writers.