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Rathbones Folio Prize 2015

The 2015 Rathbones Folio Prize went to Family Life by Akhil Sharma. 8 books made the shortlist.

Winner

  1. Family Life by Akhil Sharmasource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

  1. 10:04 by Ben Lernersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toewssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offillsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuorsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. How to Be Both by Ali Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Nora Webster by Colm Tóibínsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Outline by Rachel Cusksource (opens in a new tab)

About the Rathbones Folio Prize

Folio Prize 2014-2015; not awarded 2016; relaunched as Rathbones Folio Prize 2017, open to all forms from 2017; renamed The Writers' Prize for 2024; no 2025 prize found on the official site. 2023-2024 had fiction/non-fiction/poetry shortlists: overall Book of the Year is Winner, category winners are Shortlist. Official longlists of 20 published 2019-2022; Academy nomination pools (2014-2018) are not treated as longlists. Sources: thewritersprize.com year pages (successor site; rathbonesfolioprize.com no longer resolves); 2016 hiatus per The Guardian, 30 Sep 2015.

Organization: The Writers' Prize. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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