James Tait Black Awards 2012 shortlist

The shortlist for the 2012 James Tait Black literary prizes have been announced. This prestigious and lucrative prize is the oldest in Great Britain and is judged by scholars and students of literature at the University of Edinburgh. The prize was created 94 years ago in recognition of publisher James Tait Black's love of literature. The winner will be announce in August..

Biographies:

Malcolm X: a life of reinvention (M)
by Manning Marable

Ben Jonson: a life (M)
by Ian Donaldson

The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian imagination (M)
by Fiona MacCarthy

Nikolaus Pevsner: the life (M)
by Susie Harries











Fiction

Solace (M)
by Belinda McKeon

Snowdrops (M)
by A.D. Miller

You and I (M)
by Padgett Powell

There But For The (M)
by Ali Smith