Press Release
Hachette UK titles win both awards at the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction04/06/2009
Hachette UK won both awards at the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction held in London last night.
Home by Marilynne Robinson, published by Virago and described by Fi Glover, Chair of the Judges, as having ‘a luminous quality to it that has drawn all of the judges to a unanimous decision’ was awarded the Orange Prize for Fiction and An Equal Stillness by Francesca Kay published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, which Mishal Husain, chair of the judges described as ‘a brilliant evocation of an artist struggling to meet the demands of her domestic life' was awarded the Orange Prize for New Writers.
Enormous congratulations to our authors, to their editors and to all involved in the publication of these two wonderful books.
http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/home