2006 PEN/J.R. Ackerley Prize for Literary Autobiography

ALAN BENNETT’s Untold Stories (Faber & Faber) and five other authors have been shortlisted for the 2006 PEN/J.R. Ackerley Prize for Literary Autobiography. The shortlist is as follows:

Dear Austen (Penguin, 2005) / Nina Bawden
Untold Stories (Faber & Faber, 2005) / Alan Bennett
Bertie, May and Mrs Fish (HarperCollins, 2005) / Xandra Bingley
Heartland (Scribner, 2005) / Neil Cross
Nature Cure (Chatto & Windus, 2005) / Richard Mabey
Statues without Shadows (Sceptre, 2005) / Anna Swan

The winner will be announced on July 13, 2006 in London