They've announced the judges for the 2015 'The Folio Prize' -- that relatively new prize with the moderately interesting selection-procedure (the 'Academy' members select the 60 titles from which (plus 20 more the judges 'call in' from publisher-'suggestions') the judges then select their shortlist of eight, and then a winner).
(For the life of me I couldn't remember who won the prize the first time they awarded it, earlier this year -- but that may be because it was a collection of stories and not because the prize is so forgettable. That said, my interest would be much greater if they revealed the eighty titles from which the shortlist is then selected; as is they, like the Man Booker (et al.), unaccountably and outrageously keep the list secret.)
Oh, yeah: the judges are: William Fiennes (chair), Rachel Cooke, Mohsin Hamid, A.M.Homes, and Deborah Levy. Sounds like an interesting mix.
(For the life of me I couldn't remember who won the prize the first time they awarded it, earlier this year -- but that may be because it was a collection of stories and not because the prize is so forgettable. That said, my interest would be much greater if they revealed the eighty titles from which the shortlist is then selected; as is they, like the Man Booker (et al.), unaccountably and outrageously keep the list secret.)
Oh, yeah: the judges are: William Fiennes (chair), Rachel Cooke, Mohsin Hamid, A.M.Homes, and Deborah Levy. Sounds like an interesting mix.