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Opportunity to shadow previous winners of the Women's Prize for Fiction.

The Women's Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award celebrating and honouring fiction by women. Now in its 25th year, the Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women in English from throughout the world.

To celebrate its anniversary, the Women's Prize for Fiction is asking readers to join in the #ReadingWomen campaign, reading all previous 24 winners of the Prize, before crowning the Winner of Winners later this year.

We have the exciting opportunity for three reading groups to shadow the previous winners of the Prize. Each group will receive a set of copies of three previous winners, which they will need to read and review over the summer. If your group would like to take part, please fill out the questions below. Books will be sent in June 2020 with questionnaires to fill in on each title. All questionnaires will need to be returned by mid-September.

We are particularly looking for groups with members that have been affected by Covid-19, as we want to understand the impact of reading, and the value of being part of a reading group, during this time. This includes but is not exclusive to: key workers, NHS staff, care home residents, sixth-formers or university students. If you're not sure if your group is eligible, email kathryn.rose@readingagency.org.uk.

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* 1. For this promotion, your group will have three titles to read over three months. The books will be sent to you in mid-June and you will need to have read and discussed the books, and sent your reviews and feedback by the end of September.

Please only apply to take part if your group can meet this deadline - enter YES below if you agree.

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* 2. We are particularly looking for groups that have been adversely affected by Covid-19, including groups made up of key workers. 
  • What challenges have your group's members faced because of Covid-19, and how has this impacted your group?
  • How has reading and being part of a reading group helped you during this time?

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* 3. You will be sent three previous winners of the Women's Prize. These books have been grouped in themes. Please rank the themes that you would be most interested in reading. You can find out about all the books on the Women's Prize website. Reading guides and other resources are available for each book. See the list of books and themes.

Please select the themes in order of preference, 1 as your top choice and 8 as your bottom choice.

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* 4. In order for you to take part, your reading group will need to be registered on the Reading Groups for Everyone site. If you are not yet signed up, you can add your group here: http://readinggroups.org/signup. Participating groups also consent to their group's experiences (including photos) being shared on the Women's Prize for Fiction website. 

Please confirm that your group is registered on Reading Groups for Everyone and consents to content being shared on the Women's Prize for Fiction.

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* 5. What is the name and postcode of your reading group

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* 6. How many members are in your group?

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* 7. How often do you meet?

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* 8. Describe the gender breakdown of your group.

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* 9. Have you taken part in a Reading Agency project before? If so which one(s)?

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* 10. Why is your group interested in shadowing the #ReadingWomen campaign? Please give as much detail as possible.

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* 11. Is your group happy to provide a short bio and photo upon being selected?

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* 12. Part of the shadowing process involves engagement on social media (commenting, sharing photos etc.) Please enter details the social media handles of your group (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), as well as individual members who would be willing to engage. 

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* 13. Are your group members willing and able to post/comment online during the shadowing process, with photos? Support and ideas will be provided.

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* 14. If your reading group has a blog please enter the URL below

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* 15. Select your library authority

 
Library authority

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* 16. Select your region.

 
Region

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* 17. Please enter the name and details of the group's main contact.

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* 18. For urgent queries we may need to contact you by telephone. Please give a number below that we could call/text you on.

Thank you!
The successful groups will be informed in June.

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