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ORCHID & THE WASP longlisted for Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2019
Many congratulations to Caoilinn Hughes (whom we represent on behalf of The Clegg Agen
GHOST WALL is longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
We are thrilled to announce that GHOST WALL - the sixth novel by Sarah Moss ('one of our ve
Samantha Harvey's THE WESTERN WIND is shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2019
Congratulations to Samantha Harvey, whose novel THE WESTERN WIND has made the shortlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2019. One of the most intelligent, structurally daring historical novels of recent years, which is as relevant to today as it is to its medieval setting - if you haven't read it, now's the time!
GHOST WALL is longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2019
Congratulations to Sarah Moss, whose latest novel GHOST WALL has received its second longlisting in a month! Following the announcement of the Women's Prize 2019 longlist, we are absolutely delighted that GHOST WALL has also been nominated for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2019, which honours books that evoke a strong sense of place. Set in Northumberland, at the site of an experimental reenactment of an Iron Age settlement, the novel features some of the most beautiful writing about the natural world that we have read.
2019 is the 15th anniversary of the RSL Ondaatje Prize, and to celebrate the occasion a longlist has been announced for the first time. This year’s judges are Sabrina Mahfouz, Michèle Roberts and Ian Thomson.
The shortlist will be announced at an event called ‘The Spirit of a Place’ on Tuesday 16 April. The winner will be announced on Monday 13 May.
Anna Mackmin's DEVOURED is longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2019
Congratulations to Anna Mackmin on being longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2019! Her debut novel DEVOURED (propolis books, 2018) recently won the Fiction category of the East Anglian Book Awards.
WEST by Carys Davies is shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019
Congratulations to Carys Davies, whom we represent on behalf of The Clegg Agency, on being shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019 for her debut novel WEST, described by the judges as an 'audacious novella about a quixotic early American father'.
'Immensely engaging and brilliantly written, this short debut novel is a miniature masterpiece. [...] Scenes sparkle with wry comedy. Unexpected alliances form. Menace looms and ordeals are braved amid breathtaking landscapes.' Sunday Times Books of the Year 2018
John Burnside to chair T. S. Eliot judging panel
John Burnside has been announced as the chair of judges for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2019.
GHOST WALL is shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2019
We're delighted that GHOST WALL by Sarah Moss has made the shortlist of the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2019!
Caleb Azumah Nelson is a British-Ghanaian writer, photographer and filmmaker, living in South East London.