The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize is, believe it or not, the only UK award for comic fiction. The Prize was founded in 2000 and has awarded the likes of Ian McEwan (Solar), Marina Lewycka (A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian) and Michael Frayn (Spies).
This year is set to be a tough battle with the five short-listed titles announced last week being made up of two previous winners (Howard Jacobson and Michael Frayn), a previous short-listee (Deborah Moggach) as well as critically acclaimed writers Joseph Connolly and Helen DeWitt.
Lovely to also see indie publisher, And Other Stories, with a nominee in this year's list following their unexpected presence in the Booker list, with author Deborah Levy missing out to HRH Hilary Mantel.
This year is set to be a tough battle with the five short-listed titles announced last week being made up of two previous winners (Howard Jacobson and Michael Frayn), a previous short-listee (Deborah Moggach) as well as critically acclaimed writers Joseph Connolly and Helen DeWitt.
Lovely to also see indie publisher, And Other Stories, with a nominee in this year's list following their unexpected presence in the Booker list, with author Deborah Levy missing out to HRH Hilary Mantel.
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