The Women’s Prize Trust – the UK charity that creates equitable opportunities for women in the world of books and beyond – has announced the winners of both the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.

The Women’s Prize for Fiction was won by American author VV Ganeshananthan for her deeply moving and powerful second novel, Brotherless Night, which depicts a family fractured by the Sri Lankan civil war. Meanwhile, The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction was awarded to Canadian bestselling writer, global activist and filmmaker Naomi Klein for Doppelganger: A Trip Into The Mirror World, her urgent and illuminating examination of our polarised society. Both winners were announced at a live ceremony in Bedford Square Gardens, central London this evening (13 June).

The Women’s Prize Trust announces winners of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction