Darkmans Double

Here's the shortlist for the Ondaatje Prize awarded by the Royal Society of Literature to a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry which is "of the highest literary merit", and judged to convey a sense of place :

Darkmans by Nicola Barker
Paradise with Serpents by Robert Carver
The Whisperers by Orlando Figes
On Brick Lane by Rachel Lichtenstein
Sea Holly by Robert Minhinnick
The Discovery of France by Graham Rob

The only novels on the list are Darkmans (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize), and Sea Holly, the first novel by Welsh poet Robert Minhinnick. More on all the titles on the Guardian website.

The winner will be announced on 28 April.