Clear is one of 15 books longlisted for the 2025 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, awarded annually to 'a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place.'
See the full longlist here
I will be in conversation with my Dutch translator, Nicolette Hoekmeijer, and bookseller Reny vd Kamp at the wonderful Athenaeum Bookshop in Spui Square, Amsterdam, on Thursday April 17th at 5.30pm. Tickets are free, you can register here
Clear is one of 12 books longlisted for the 2025 Europese Literatuurprijs which is awarded annually 'for the best contemporary European novel published in Dutch translation in the past year.'
See the full longlist here
Clear is one of six books shortlisted for this year's Winston Graham Prize. Established in Cornwall in memory of the creator of the Poldark books, the prize is awarded annually to a historical novel 'set in the UK and Ireland with a powerful sense of place.' See the shortlist here
Elizabeth O'Connor and I will be talking about our novels Whale Fall and Clear at Hexham Book Festival on Saturday, May 10th at 5.30pm. Tickets here
I'll be talking about Clear at Monty Lit Fest on Saturday June 7th at 11am. Tickets here
Clear is Waterstones' Welsh and Scottish Book of the Month for March. The link is here
Clear is one of five Finalists for Historical Fiction Book of the Year in the 2025 Libby Book Awards. The Awards’ panel of 1100 US librarians says it has picked books which have ‘captivated communities across the country.’
See the Finalists in all categories here
Waterstones, Perth 6pm March 12th. Tickets here
Waterstones, Birmingham 6.30 pm March 25th. Tickets here
Book-ish, Crickhowell 7.30pm March 26th. Tickets here
I'll be in conversation about Clear and The Mission House at Winchester Cathedral on Saturday March 1st at 10am. Tickets here.
See the full list of books here
See the full list of books here
Editors at The Globe and Mail (Canada) have chosen their favourite books of 2024 here
The Washington Post's list of 50 Notable Works of Fiction published this year is here
The Washington Post's list of its Top 10 Audiobooks of 2024 is here
Poet Niall Campbell, novelist Carys Davies, and documentary filmmaker Duncan Cowles talk to Len Pennie on The Arts Mix, mostly about men. Listen here
Daunt Books have picked their favourite books of 2024 here
Amazon editors have picked their favourite books of 2024 here
The Dutch edition of Clear is out now with this beautiful cover from Meulenhoff, translated by the brilliant Nicolette Hoekmeijer.
See the full list of Waterstones Best Books of 2024 here
See the shortlist for the Saltire Awards here
You can tune into my conversation with Jim Naughtie and readers about The Mission House on November 3rd at 4pm. Here is the link
The Blackwell’s list is made up of nine books in three categories - fiction, non-fiction and children's. Clear joins Alan Hollinghurst's Our Evenings and Andrew O'Hagan's Caledonian Road on the fiction list. See the list here
See the full list of 25 fiction titles here
November 22nd-24th, Freemantle. I'll be talking about stories and novels over Zoom on Saturday November 23rd at 11am GMT. Programme and tickets here
I'm delighted Clear has been shortlisted for this alongwith books by Kaveh Akbar, Ferdia Lennon and David Nicholls. There's more here about The Readers Awards, which — uniquely in the UK —are curated by booksellers.
I'm thrilled that Clear is the winner of the Bookmark Festival 2024 Book of the Year. More here
See the longlist for the 2024 Saltire Awards here
See the full list of Society of Authors’ 2019 nominations here.
I'm so pleased to see West included in this list. Click here for the full list.
I've reviewed William Boyd's new novel in The Guardian here.
My novel, West, with this beautiful cover from Scribner, will be out in the U.S. in April 2018, just ahead of its publication in the U.K.
The Redemption of Galen Pike is a Women's National Book Association choice in the U.S. for its Great Group Reads 2017. Details and advice for reading groups here:
The Globe and Mail's editors and reviewers have compiled a list of their favourite hundred books of 2017 here.
The Redemption of Galen Pike is on the Toronto Star's list of the top 10 books of last year. See the full list here.
Thrilled that the Toronto Star has included West on their list of 20 forthcoming books to look out for. Take a look at the full list here.
I'm delighted to have a story in this new anthology celebrating the Fly's first twenty years. Edited by Declan Meade and Sarah Gilmartin, it collects 40 short stories first published in the magazine and includes fiction by Colin Barrett, Kevin Barry, Sara Baume, Claire-Louise Bennett, Claire Keegan, Molly McCloskey and Lisa McInerney. More details here.
As the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award winner is announced, the paper's Culture editors have picked their favourite tales - delighted to see them include The Quiet, from my collectionThe Redemption of Galen Pike
See the full list here.
On Sunday, April 22nd, at 4pm GMT I'll be talking about West with Mariella Frostrup. Full details here
I’ve written an essay about the nineteenth century’s fascination with woolly mammoths. Read it here.
The wonderful Woodstock Bookshop is 10 years old and I'm delighted to be part of the celebrations on the evening of Friday May 11th. Social historian Julie Summers will be talking about her new book Uninvited Guests and I'll be talking about West.
Some of my favourite visions of unfathomable territory, published here.
I've written an essay for Granta on the importance of artistic failure. Follow this link to read it.
It's been a great pleasure being one of the judges of the New York Public Library's 2018 Young Lions Fiction Award, which champions emerging writers. The winner will be announced on June 7th and chosen from among this year's finalists, who have just been announced.
I'm delighted to be appearing at this in Zagreb on May 28th and 29th and in Rijeka on May 30 and 31st. Full programme here.
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
West by Carys Davies
Time Is a Killer by Michel Bussi
Mrs Whistler by Matthew Plampin
Lullaby by Leila Slimani
See the full list of 100 recommended books here.
I've reviewed Hernan Diaz's captivating debut novel in The Guardian here:
I'll be in conversation with Cathy Galvin about the Guillemot Factory's new limited edition series of short stories, and about the lure of the West. More info here.
I'll be in conversation with Danny Denton in Cork on September 12th, with Andrew Holgate in Cheltenham on October 13th, Katy Shaw and Sarah Moss in Manchester on October 14th, Jan Carson in Belfast on October 17th. Details here:
Vulture has published its list of the top 10 audiobooks of the year so far here.
I'm delighted The Sunday Times, The Guardian, and The Washington Independent Review of Books have picked West as one of their books of the year.
This is just out from Yüz Kitap - you can buy it here.
Cynan Jones and I will be teaching this week-long course together in Devon Nov 25th-30th with Tessa Hadley as our visiting writer. You can book here.
Applications are open for The Word Factory's 2019-2020 Apprenticeship scheme. I'll be joining Lisa Blower, Chris Power and Leone Ross to mentor four emerging short story writers. How you apply depends on where you live, so check the Word Factory website here for details. Deadline February 7th.
On Sunday March 10th at 7pm Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall, and I will be talking about our books.
For tickets visit the festival website here.
Paperback editions of West will be out in the UK and US in early April.
It's been a great pleasure to be one of the judges for this and to be able to announce an outstanding shortlist:
The Coast of Leitrim – Kevin Barry
What Can You Do With A General – Emma Cline
Comme – Paul Dalla Rosa
All the Poems Contained Within Will Mean Everything to Everyone – Joe Dunthorne
In Silhouette – Louise Kennedy
A Partial List of the Saved – Danielle McLaughlin
