well known indian poet and author tishani doshis book has been longlisted for the ondaatje prize 2020the rsl ondaatje prize is an annual award for a distinguished work of fiction nonfiction or poetry that best evoke the spirit of a place it is by royal society of literature and named after sir christopher ondaatje the benefactor of the prizehere is the 2020 longistphoto rsliteraturetwitternightingale point by luan goldie10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world by elif shafakunderland by robert macfarlanesurge by jay bernardwhen the tree falls by jane clarkesmall days and nights by tishani doshimidnight in chernobyl by adam higginbothamsurfacing by kathleen jamiearabs a 3000year history of peoples tribes and empires by tim mackintoshsmiththe summer isles by philip marsdennia by robert minhinnickthe inside city by anita mira portable paradise by roger robinsonthe bells of old tokyo travels in japanese time by anna shermana small silence by jumoke verissimoon chapel sands by laura cummingducks newburyport by lucy ellmannlanny by max porter the judges for this years prize are pascale petit evie wyld chaired by peter frankopan small days and nights by tishani doshi is a fiction it follows an italianindian named grace who finds out she has a sister with downs syndrome living in a residential facility she moves into a big house next to the sea in rural india with her sister and tries to set up a new life the shortlist will be announced on monday 20th april 2020 and the winner on monday 4th may 2020