I was so excited to see last week that Ruth Ozeki won The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 for her novel The book of form and emptiness. If you are passionate about books and libraries and what really matters, this is for you.

I fell in love with Ruth’s writing when I read A tale for the time being, one of her previous novels and now one of my favourites. Her writing is thoughtful, quirky and compassionate –  highly recommended. And Ruth is a fascinating person, not only a writer but a film maker and Zen Buddhist priest.

Ozeki is the 27th winner of this prize which was established in 1996 to offset the tendency of major literary prizes to ‘overlook accomplished, challenging, important fiction by female authors’.   Check out these previous winners below (clicking on the cover takes you to our catalogue entry for that title).

Jill.