Orange Prize shortlist

The shortlist has been announced for the Orange Prize for fiction.

The nominations for the award, which is open to novels in English written by women, are:

• Billie Morgan by Joolz Denby
  
• Old Filth by Jane Gardam
  
• The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman
  
• A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
  
• Liars and Saintsby Maile Meloy
  
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver