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Penguin has dominated the longlist for this year’s Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Prize, which is worth £10,000 to the winner.
Six titles from the publisher and its imprints made the 12-strong list for the annual prize, which is awarded to a title which "which presents new, important and challenging ideas, and which is engaging, accessible and rigorously argued".
Over 130 titles were submitted for consideration. The final shortlist of six will be revealed on 1st March, with the winner announced live at a special Book Prize Awards Ceremony as part of the May Festival. The prize is held in association with culture and commerce venture Arts & Business
Andrew Kelly, festival director and chair of the judging panel, said: "We are delighted with the longlist. It's been a pleasure to be able to read and discuss such wonderful books. All are worthy winners of the award. It will be a challenging decision for the judges to make."
The longlist:
The Plot Madeleine Bunting (Granta)
A Face to the World Laura Cumming (HarperPress)
The Philosophical Baby Alison Gopnik (Bodley Head)
Good Value Stephen Green (Allen Lane)
The English Rebel David Horspool (Viking)
When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World
Martin Jacques (Allen Lane)
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Iain McGhilcrist (YUP)
Dead Aid Dambisa Moyo (Penguin)
Bodies Susie Orbach (Profile)
The Idea of Justice Amartya Sen (Allen Lane)
Strange Days Indeed Francis Wheen (Fourth Estate)
The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett (Penguin)