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Esi Edugyan’s prize success continues with a shortlisting for the Orange Prize
April 17th, 2012
HALF BLOOD BLUES has thus far won the Giller Prize, been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2011 and shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2012. Its prize success continues with a shortlisting for the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction. The book is Esi Edugyan’s second novel. The shortlist announcement was...
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Jon Bauer is shortlisted for the IMPAC award 2012
April 12th, 2012
ROCKS IN THE BELLY is one of ten novels shortlisted for the Impac, the world’s most valuable literary prize for a single work of fiction in the English language. This is Jon Bauer’s first novel. First published in Australia, it is told from the perspective of a child whose mother...
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More prize acclaim for Esi Edugyan’s HALF BLOOD BLUES
April 4th, 2012
We’re delighted to announce that HALF BLOOD BLUES by Esi Edugyan has been shortlisted for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. The shortlist (of six) was formally announced today, Wednesday 4th April: PURE by Andrew Miller ON CANAAN’S SIDE by Sebastian Barry HALF BLOOD BLUES by Esi Edugyuan...
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Aifric Campbell and Esi Edugyan are shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012
March 8th, 2012
We are delighted to announce that two Serpent’s Tail novels have made the twenty-strong longlist for the Orange Prize. Aifric Campbell’s ON THE FLOOR is her third novel and set in the high pressure world of international finance. Pacy and page-turning, it shows the City in 1991, charting the rise...
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Pauline Black gig and reading in Liverpool, 18th May 2012
April 20th, 2012
As a link up between the Liverpool Sound City and Writing on the Wall festivals, Pauline Black, lead-singer of Two-Tone Ska legends The Selecter (On My Radio, Too Much Pressure) and award-winning solo artist, steps lightly into Liverpool to join Writing on the Wall for an intimate evening of readings...
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Fiona Shaw at Waterstones York, 26th April 2012
April 20th, 2012
The author of A STONE’S THROW will launch her book at an evening event in her local Waterstones on the 26th of April. Set in England and Africa, and opening during World War Two, A STONE’S THROW is a novel about family, about love, about duty; it’s about the people...
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Cathi Unsworth at the Faber Social, 14th May 2012
April 20th, 2012
Cathi’s fourth novel, WEIRDO is already building considerable buzz in advance of its June publication. The author of BAD PENNY BLUES makes a pre-publication appearance at the Faber Social in May. The Faber Social is a literary night held once a month at The Social, 5 Little Portland Street, London...