From the very first secret meeting in 1991 to talk about the idea of a prize honouring, celebrating and promoting writing by women to the launch of its sister prize in 2024, the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the new Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction have led the way in championing global women’s voices. For nearly thirty years, the Prize has put exceptional books by women into the hands of readers, inspired new generations of authors and readers all over the world and changed the publishing industry and the landscape for women writers.  From winners such as Andrea Levy, Lionel Shriver and Zadie Smith to Ali Smith, Barbara Kingsolver and Naomi Klein, the WPF and the WPNF are seen as the gold standard in shining a spotlight on the very best.

Join Founder Director Kate Mosse to hear about the highs and the lows, the triumphs and the challenges, the plans for the thirtieth anniversary of the WPF and also get a sneak preview of The Map of Bones (the fourth and final novel in her No 1 bestselling The Joubert Family Chronicles series) as well as listen to the behind-the-scenes plans for her new one-woman theatre show, Labyrinth Live: Unlocking the Secrets of the Labyrinth. Not to be missed.

Kate will be introduced by Claire Shanahan, Executive Director of the Women’s Prize Trust.

A book signing will follow the event.