Monica Ali says Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist ‘gives voice to the voiceless’
The author Monica Ali has said that this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist gives a voice to those who would “otherwise remain voiceless”.
The writer, best known for her novel Brick Lane, is chair of the judges for the prize which celebrates original fiction written in English by women from anywhere in the world.
It features work by eight debut novelists and seven independent publishers on several stories that deal with the “emotional” and “the narratives we create for ourselves when we feel we don’t belong”,
