Posts Tagged ‘Rebecca Hunt’

Local Authors Nominated for Major Award….

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Two local authors have made it onto the longlist for the prestigious Guardian First Book Award.

So a big ‘well done,’ goes out to Rebecca Hunt for Mr Chartwell and Ned Beauman for Boxer, Beetle, on getting nominated. You can read more about the award here, especially interesting if you were ever curious as to the meaning of the phrase ‘Modernist Self-flagellation.’ A phrase that Ned seeks to explain.

Funnily enough, both authors will be coming to the store In October so look out for more details on that.

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The (Pages of Hackney) Booker Longlist: The Year Of The Usual Suspects????

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

It seems to have been a strange year so I reckon that there will be some surprises but here are my guesses for Tuesday’s longlist:

The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman

The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell

Beatrice & Virgil by Yann Martel

Parrot and Oliver in America by Peter Carey

The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis

Solar by Ian McEwan

Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor

Boxer, Beetle by Ned Beauman

Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell

Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay (not sure if this is eligible)

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