Inaugural Women's Prize for Nonfiction Announces Shortlist

The Women's Prize for Nonfiction, aimed at addressing gender imbalances in publishing, has revealed its six-book shortlist, featuring diverse narratives across art, politics, and technology.

• The shortlist includes works by Naomi Klein and Laura Cumming, exploring far-right politics and art history respectively.
• 'All That She Carried' by Tiya Miles delves into the history of American enslavement through a family's keepsake.
• Safiya Sinclair's memoir and Noreen Masud's travelogue-memoir offer personal and evocative insights into Jamaican culture and British landscapes.
• Madhumita Murgia's 'Code-Dependent' examines the societal impacts of artificial intelligence.
• The prize, offering a £30,000 award, seeks to correct the gender disparity in nonfiction publishing.

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