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'There's no safety net': the plight of the midlist author

Only 5% of authors earn the income Virginia Woolf once argued was needed to work – today around £30,000. Two authors explain what it is like to have success, but no moneyFour years ago, Kerry Hudson had just won a prestigious French literary prize when one late payment left her unable to make... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2019-06-19 16:23:43 UTC ]
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Kerry Hudson | 'I want to do as much as I can to get this book to young people [who are] like I was'

Following two prize-winning novels, Kerry Hudson has written a redemptive memoir in which she revisits the locations of her poor working-class childhood. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Working class writers band together for collective, and Unbound anthology

A working class writers’ collective has formed in response to author Kit de Waal’s “powerful call to arms” to see more such voices represented in literature, with Carmen Marcus and Kerry Hudson among its members. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hudson on Guardian First Book shortlist

Kerry Hudson's debut for Chatto has scored a second prize shortlisting in a week, with a... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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