Monique Roffey talks about The White Woman on the Green Bicycle

Monique Roffey talks about the genesis of her novel, what it’s like to be shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and about her writing routine and her influences as a writer.

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Barbara Kingsolver wins the Orange Prize for Fiction

With her novel The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver won this year’s Orange Prize, the result of which was announced on Wednesday night. Read the first chapter here on Bookhugger.

The birth of The White Woman on a Green Bicycle, by Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and educated in the UK – here she talks about the inspiration for her latest novel, recently shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.

Orange Prize Shortlist 2010: enjoy a taste of everything

With the Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist announced earlier this week, here are extracts or readings from all six of the shortlisted novels for you to enjoy – and we also have a competition.

Win the whole Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist [closed]

A fantastic opportunity for five lucky Bookhuggers to get all six of the titles on the recently announced shortlist for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Don’t say we’re not good to you…

Read the first chapter of The Very Thought of You, by Rosie Alison

Fresh from its shortlisting for the Orange Prize for fiction, enjoy the first chapter of this haunting coming-of-age novel.

Read the first chapter of The White Woman on the Green Bicycle, by Monique Roffey

Enjoy an extract from The White Woman on the Green Bicycle, by Monique Roffey, freshly shortlisted for the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction.

Read the first chapter of Orange Prize-shortlisted Black Water Rising

Enjoy Chapter One of Orange Prize for Fiction-shortlisted thriller Black Water Rising by Attica Locke – big oil and its twin, corporate corruption, meet their match with attorney Jay Porter.

Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist: Read Faber’s first chapters

Three Faber authors have been longlisted for this year’s prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction – Barbara Kingsolver, Lorrie Moore and Maria McCann. You can read the first chapters from all three longlisted novels here on Bookhugger.

Hilary Mantel reading from Wolf Hall

Enjoy this Bookhugger audio exclusive – Hilary Mantel reading from the Man Booker Prize 2009 winning Wolf Hall. Running time: 13 minutes.

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