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Prizes: an equalising voice
The unveiling of the Orange prize shortlist yesterday comes amid murmurings that the award, now in its 12th year, is dated and otiose, notes an opinion piece in the Guardian written by one of this year's judges Maya Jaggi.
"What gets read should not be determined solely by the size of publishers' promotion budgets or the muscle of bookshop chains. Literary awards are a vital, and equalising, means of alerting readers to rewarding books."
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