The Desmond Elliott Prize 2016: Longlist

The Desmond Elliott Prize 2016 longlist in full:

• Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume (Windmill)
• The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon (Borough Press)
• The Honours by Tim Clare (Canongate)
• The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis (Two Roads)
• Things We Have in Common by Tasha Kavanagh (Canongate)
• Disclaimer by Renée Knight (Doubleday)
• Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea (Scribe)
• The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney (John Murray)
• The House at the Edge of the World by Julia Rochester (Viking)
• The Weightless World by Anthony Trevelyan (Galley Beggar Press)

The Desmond Elliott Prize is an annual award for a first novel written in English and published in the UK. 
A shortlist will be announced on 6th May, and the winner will be revealed at a ceremony at Fortnum & Mason on 22nd June where they will be presented with a cheque for £10,000.

The Desmond Elliott Prize