Renée Zellweger (left) and Helen Fielding pictured together while attending the Bridget Jones Scenes in the Square statue unveiling at Leicester Square, London in 2025Image source, Getty Images
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Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding (right) alongside film star Renée Zellweger

ByPaul GlynnCulture reporter
  • Published21 minutes ago

Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding has launched a new prize aimed at discovering funny diary writers from the north of England, saying opportunities across the UK are "very uneven".

West Yorkshire-born Fielding, who penned Bridget's famous diary as well co-writing the film adaptations, has set up the Bridget Jones Prize, external with charity New Writing North.