lottery The Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction shortlist was announced today. The prize for female writers only is international in scope although books must be written in English and published in the UK.

Here is the shortlist of books along with their odds of wining come the announcement on June 4 according to English betting agency Ladbrokes:


  • Rose Tremain: The Road Home - 7/4
  • Charlotte Mendelson - When We Were Bad - 3/1
  • Sadie Jones - The Outcast - 3/1
  • Nancy Huston - Fault Lines - 5/1
  • Patricia Wood - Lottery - 8/1
  • Heather O' Neill - Lullabies For Little Criminals - 8/1