{"id":813,"date":"2015-03-09T16:18:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/?p=813"},"modified":"2015-03-09T16:18:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:18:57","slug":"the-reading-room-the-wellcome-book-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2015\/03\/09\/the-reading-room-the-wellcome-book-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reading Room: The Wellcome Book Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize was announced today (<a href=\"http:\/\/wellcomebookprize.org\/\">http:\/\/wellcomebookprize.org\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Awarded annually, and open to works of fiction and nonfiction, the prize focuses on books that have some aspect of medicine, illness or health as their central theme.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s shortlist includes the following six titles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Iceberg<\/em> by Marion Coutts<\/li>\n<li><em>Do No Harm<\/em> by Henry Marsh<\/li>\n<li><em>All My Puny Sorrows<\/em> by Miriam Toews<\/li>\n<li><em>Bodies of Light<\/em> by Sarah Moss<\/li>\n<li><em>The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being<\/em> by Alice Roberts<\/li>\n<li><em>My Age of Anxiety<\/em> by Scott Stossel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Reading Room has already featured reviews of <em>The Iceberg<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2015\/01\/09\/the-reading-room-a-review-of-marion-couttss-the-iceberg\/\">https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2015\/01\/09\/the-reading-room-a-review-of-marion-couttss-the-iceberg\/<\/a>) and <em>Do No Harm<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2015\/02\/10\/the-reading-room-a-review-of-henry-marshs-do-no-harm\/\">https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2015\/02\/10\/the-reading-room-a-review-of-henry-marshs-do-no-harm\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Reviews of\u00a0the remaining four shortlisted titles to follow, before the winner is announced on April 29!<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize was announced today (http:\/\/wellcomebookprize.org\/) Awarded annually, and open to works of fiction and nonfiction, the prize focuses on books that have some aspect of medicine, illness or health as their central theme. 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