RSL Ondaatje Prize 2015 Shortlist

The Royal Society of Literature is delighted to announce the shortlist for this year's RSL Ondaatje Prize: Rana Dasgupta Capital (Canongate) Helen Dunmore The Lie (Hutchinson) Tobias Hill What Was Promised (Bloomsbury Circus) Justin Marozzi Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood (Allen Lane) Sigrid Rausing Everything is Wonderful (Grove Press)           Elif Shafak The Architect’s Apprentice (Viking) The annual award of £10,000 is for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place.This year's judges are Tash Aw, Jonathan Keates and Fiona Sampson.The winner will be announced on Monday 18 May. for information about past winners please visit the RSL website.