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The end of the Orange Prize?

The big news today is the announcement that mobile company Orange will pull its sponsorship of the august literary prize. If you’ve read any of the previous winners listed below, you know this is unfortunate news. Let’s hope the award founders can find a new sponsor soon.

• The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
• The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
• Home by Marilynne Robinson
• The Road Home by Rose Tremain
• Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• On Beauty by Zadie Smith
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
• Small Island by Andrea Levy
• Property by Valerie Martin
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
• The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville
• When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant
• A Crime in the Neighbourhood by Suzanne Berne
• Larry’s Party by Carol Shields
• Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
• A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore