Event 368
Kit de Waal, Kate Mosse and Kavita Puri
The Women’s Prizes: Behind the Scenes
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Get a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s really like to judge one of the most beloved book prizes in the world. Kit de Waal (My Name is Leon) and Kavita Puri (Partition Voices), who are chairing the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction and Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction panels respectively, join Kate Mosse, novelist and founder director of the prizes.
The trio talk about the books that have most inspired and excited them this year, how they juggle all the books they have to read for the prizes, and what they’ve learnt as readers and as writers.
The Women’s Prize for Fiction has been running for three decades, and winners include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zadie Smith and Ann Patchett. The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction was first awarded in 2024, and won by Naomi Klein for Doppelganger.
