Broadband Longlist

The Orange Prize has added the word "Broadband" to its name this year, to reflect the company's foray into the online market -- but the word seems apt considering the longlist announced yesterday: it features "20 novels from seven different countries, and pits eight first-time novelists against six longlist veterans, a Booker winner and one author - Margaret Forster - who has 23 novels to her name."