Thien shortlisted for fiction prize
Vancouver-born author up for international Women’s Prize for Fiction
LONDON — Vancouver-born Madeleine Thien’s ChineseCanadian journey
is among the novels on the short list for the international Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Set in China before, during and after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, Thien’s novel was among the most acclaimed Canadian titles of 2016.
The Montreal-based writer was awarded last year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction, and landed on the short list for the prestigious Man Booker Prize.
C.E. Morgan’s multigenerational Kentucky epic
and Naomi Alderman’s gender role-reversal thriller
were also on the short list announced Monday.
Other contenders for the £30,000 ($50,000 Cdn.) prize are Nigerian writer Ayobami Adebayo’s tale of love and loss in 1980s Nigeria,
British author Linda Grant’s set in a tuberculosis sanatorium after the Second World War; and British novelist Gwendoline Riley’s portrait of a toxic marriage,
Founded in 1996, the prestigious prize is open to female Englishlanguage writers from around the world.
The annual award is officially named the Baileys Women’s Prize after its cream-liqueur sponsor. The winner will be announced on June 7.
Netflix’s strategy of investing in its own content to bolster its catalogue is on full display this month, with a flood of “original” branded TV shows and films. On the TV side, there’s debut seasons of
and (both available April 21) and
(April 28). New films include the Iraq War drama
(April 21), starring Nicholas Hoult of and
fame, while Louis C.K. has produced a new standup special for the streaming service, which launches on April 4.
Guy Ritchie’s cult crime-caper flick has been reimagined as a TV series, with star Rupert Grint leading a group of con men on a massive gold heist in London. The series, developed by Sony Pictures Entertainment’s streaming site Crackle, debuts on CraveTV on April 7. CraveTV also has the new six-episode miniseries
starring Idris Elba and Freida Pinto. The Showtime series launches on April 16 with new episodes following each Sunday.
A look at the movies and TV shows that are expected this month. Release dates subject to change:
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April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 April 10 April 11 (season 3) April 13 (season 2) (season 3) (season 1, part 2) (season 1) (season 5, part B) April 14 (season 2) April 15 April 16 April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 21 1) (season 1) (season 1) (season 4) April 22 April 24 April 25 (film) (season 6) (season 2) April 26 April 27 April 28 April 5 1-11) April 6 April 7 (seasons 1-3) (season 2, episode 1) (seasons 1-4) (season 1) April 14 April 16 April 21 (season 7) (season 1, episode 1) (seasons 1-4) (seasons 1-5) April 22
(season 3) April 28 (season 1) (season 1) (season 2) (season 1)