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The shortlist in full:
Novel Award shortlist
The Lucky Ones - Rachel Cusk
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
Heligoland - Shena Mackay
Frankie & Stankie - Barbara Trapido
First Novel Award shortlist
Buddha Da - Anne Donovan
An Evening of Long Goodbyes - Paul Murray
Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre
An Empty Room - Talitha Stevenson
Poetry Award shortlist
Minsk - Lavinia Greenlaw
Ink Stone - Jamie McKendrick
Landing Light - Don Paterson
Hard Water - Jean Sprackland
Biography Award shortlist
Margaret Thatcher - Volume Two: The Iron Lady - John Campbell
Martha Gellhorn - Caroline Moorehead
Orwell: The Life - D J Taylor
Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith - Andrew Wilson
Children's Book Award shortlist
The Fire-Eaters - David Almond
The Oracle - Catherine Fisher
Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo
Naked Without a Hat - Jeanne Willis