Women's Prize Shortlist, Jamie MacDonald, Rotten Tomatoes
Bernadine Evaristo reveals the Women's Prize shortlist, and Alex Clarke casts a critical eye; comedian Jamie MacDonald on his Radio 4 show that deals with losing his sight.
Today the shortlist for the 2021 Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction is revealed. Chair of judges Bernardine Evaristo joins Front Row to talk through the chosen books and explain why they鈥檙e worth their place on the list and literary critic Alex Clark gives her reactions.
Citizen Kane has been knocked off the top spot on Rotten Tomatoes as a unfavourable review from 1941 has been found ruining its 100% critics rating. Taking its place is Paddington 2. Critic Jason Solomons digests the news.
Jamie MacDonald is a Glaswegian stand-up comedian who lost his sight in his teens due to a degenerative retinal disease. In his new Radio 4 stand-up series Jamie MacDonald: Life on the Blink, he reflects on how he used humour to move from denial to acceptance of his condition. He shares his experience of writing from personal experience, and how he made the unexpected move from banking to comedy.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Hannah Robins
Main image: Bernadine Evaristo
Image credit: Sam Holden
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The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist
Claire Fuller: Unsettled Ground聽 聽 聽No one is Talking About This: Patricia Lockwood聽 聽 聽Piranesi: Susanna Clarke聽 聽 聽Transcendant Kingdom: Yaa Gyasi聽 聽 聽How the One-armed Sister Sweeps Her House: Cherie Jones聽 聽 聽The Vanishing Half: Brit Bennett
Images: Main image above: the chief Women's Prize judge, Bernadine Evaristo.聽 聽聽Image credit: Sam Holden.聽 聽 聽Image to the left: the shortlisted books.聽 聽 聽Image credit: The Women's Prize
Jamie MacDonald's new Radio 4 show
4 at 11:00 pm on Mondays from 05 May 2021.聽 聽 聽Image: Jamie MacDonald
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