Menu Literary voices vie for the UK’s oldest book prizes Literary voices vie for the UK’s oldest book prizes A fascinating blend of books by debut and award winning authors forms the shortlist of Britain’s oldest literary awards. Contenders for the James Tait Black Prizes include a fictionalised account of John Lennon’s spiritual journey to an uninhabited island off the west coast of Ireland, and a novel exploring an attempt to re-introduce grey wolves to the UK in the shadow of the 2014 independence referendum.   The other nominated titles are the sharply funny debut novel by acclaimed screenwriter Miranda July, and a novel which explores a fascinating experiment in modern utopianism in a racially charged Detroit.   Fiction shortlist The four novels competing for the £10,000 fiction prize
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