Hear all six shortlisted authors give exclusive readings from their books on the eve of the winner announcement. This is your chance to join the discussion around the best of contemporary Northern literature and put your live questions to the authors.

Special signed copies of the shortlist are available to purchase with your ticket. Buy individually or all six together for 20% off.

The Portico Prize 2022 shortlist is:

• Ghosted by Jenn Ashworth (Sceptre)
• The Outsiders by James Corbett (Lightning Books)
• The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain (HQ, Harper Collins)
• Sea State by Tabitha Lasley (4th Estate)
• Toto Among the Murderers by Sally J. Morgan (JM Originals, Hachette)
• Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan (Faber)

"The list illustrates the degree to which there is not one North but many, rooted not just in place but time, gender, race and religion: all moulded into elegant prose and conveyed with engaging storytelling." - Gary Younge, chair of judges.

The Portico Prize 2022 is judged by the broadcaster Melanie Sykes (also Editor-in-Chief of The Frank Magazine and co-presenter of the Sykes & Savidge Book Club), the journalist, author, broadcaster and academic Gary Younge, poet and essayist Momtaza Mehri, and arts and entertainment editor at The Daily Telegraph Anita Singh.

The Portico Prize is awarded biennially to a new work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that best evokes ‘the spirit of the North’. Discover more about the Prize at our website here.

Please note, this event will be recorded.

Portico Prize shortlist image credit: Andrew Brooks