Year: 2006

Judges

• Hermione Lee (chair)
• Simon Armitage
• Candia McWilliam
• Antony Quinn
• Fiona Shaw

Books

Carry Me Down

M. J. Hyland

Shortlisted

In the Country of Men

Hisham Matar

Shortlisted

The Inheritance of Loss

Kiran Desai

Winner

Mother's Milk

Edward St Aubyn

Shortlisted

The Night Watch

Sarah Waters

Shortlisted

The Secret River

Kate Grenville

Shortlisted