Arpita Das on the demands of editing: 'I remember sitting on the verandah, after hours of editing, finding it difficult to breathe.'

The international award created in 2006 to commemorate the 1995 Dayton Accords shortlists six fiction and six nonfiction titles.

No specific category exists at the Wainwright Prize for climate-crisis books, although several 2024 shortlistees touch on the emergency.