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Bristol Festival of Ideas has today announced the shortlist for its inaugural £10,000 Festival of Ideas Book Prize, selecting Orwell Prize-longlisted titles Flat Earth News by Nick Davies (Vintage) and A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland (Granta) among the six.
The prize is awarded annually to the book which "presents new, important and challenging ideas, which is rigorously argued, and which is engaging and accessible".
Andrew Kelly, director of the Bristol Festival of Ideas and chair of the judging panel, said: "All of these books not only report on a particular issue or moment in time, but also have wider implications for the world today and tomorrow."
He added, "All are worthy winners of the award. It will be a challenging decision for the judges to make."
The prize is awarded in association with Arts & Business and Blackwell bookshops. It will be announced on 5th May at the Bristol Festival of Ideas. The books will be promoted in Blackwell UK stores in March and April.
The shortlist:
Flat Earth News by Nick Davies (Vintage)
The Terror Dream by Susan Faludi (Atlantic)
McMafia: Crime Without Frontiers by Misha Glenny (Vintage)
The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes (HarperPress)
What Does China Think? by Mark Leonard (Fourth Estate)
A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland (Granta)