Woman's Hour - 21/04/2009

With Jane Garvey. Including the announcement of the Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist. Jane is joined by novelist Louise Doughty and editor of Granta magazine Alex Clark to discuss the shortlist for the 2009 prize. As the UK's only annual award for fiction written by a woman, the prize honours both new and well-established writers. Previous winners have included Rose Tremain, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Kate Grenville. What options are open to you when you are in your forties, single and want to have a child? And what challenges does a woman in her forties face raising a child by herself? Jane talks to Paula Moore who has set up the group MUM - Mature women Understanding Motherhood. Investigative journalist Lydia Cacho's crusade against paedophiles has made her one of Mexico's most celebrated and imperilled persons in the media. She has received many death threats, but continues to work to expose corruption, organised crime and domestic violence. She talks to Jane about her work. And the BBC is curently running the Dig In campaign, encouraging us all to grow vegetables. Alys Fowler of Gardeners' World joins Jane to show her how to grow lettuce. Including drama: Lady Audley's Secret.