Suzannah Lipscomb

The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 has been quite the event in my life. Or, rather, series of events. My fellow judges and I read for it from August 2023, met from October, announced our wonderful longlist of 16 books in February and our shortlist of six superb books a month later. And this week, as chair of judges, I had the honour of announcing the inaugural winner of this important new prize. So here’s the journey in pictures: - with my brilliant fellow judges @venetialamanna @profnicolarollock @kshamsie @annesebba - judges with the shortlisted authors: @lauracummingart for Thunderclap @naomiaklein for Doppelganger @noreen_masud for A Flat Place @tiyamiles for All That She Carries @madhumitav for Code Dependent @safiyasinclair for How to Say Babylon - on stage as the shortlisted authors received flowers - announcing the Winner of the inaugural @womensprize for Non-Fiction: @naomiaklein , for Doppelganger