No Sally Rooney, one clear favourite and a novel set in space - this is a longlist of unexpected discoveries and big ideas• Three British novelists make Booker 2024 longlist among ‘cohort of global voices’It is 10 years since the Booker prize expanded its remit to include American novelists. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-07-30 13:04:15 UTC ]
A new drop of choice up-and-coming novelists has arrived on the morning tide. Granta magazine has announced its 2023 Best of British Novelists list, geared to future stars, including picks from Sigrid Rausing, Rachel Cusk, Helen Oyeyemi, Tash Aw, and Brian Dillon. The team picked a host of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-04-13 13:57:54 UTC ]
The author of The Fortune Men will now compete with five other novelists from South Africa, Sri Lanka and the US for the 2021 awardAlex Clark explores how the Booker shortlist tunes in to the worries of our ageJust one British author has made the shortlist for this year’s Booker prize: Nadifa... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-14 15:25:06 UTC ]
From Sally Rooney to Raven Leilani, female novelists have captured the literary zeitgeist, with more buzz, prizes and bestsellers than men. But is this cultural shift something to celebrate or rectify?In March, Vintage, one of the UK’s largest literary fiction divisions, announced the five debut... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-05-16 06:00:48 UTC ]
"Second Place," Rachel Cusk's first novel after the radical, brilliant "Outline" trilogy, follows a forceful woman who's had enough of difficult men. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-28 14:00:33 UTC ]
“Second Place” borrows its story line from a 1930s-era memoir about D.H. Lawrence, but its themes are quintessential Cusk. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-04-26 17:28:26 UTC ]
Yes, it’s Kristin Scott Thomas, our most recent Mrs. Danvers and our forever Fiona. Can’t you just imagine her as the narrator of Cusk’s cool-toned autofictions? The best part is, she got the gig because she’s a fan. “Faber heard that I was a Rachel Cusk fan so I was thrilled when they asked me... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-29 15:18:37 UTC ]
Faber is to release new unabridged audio editions of Rachel Cusk's Outline trilogy, which will be narrated by actor Kristin Scott Thomas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-29 07:17:24 UTC ]
The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize will be judged by Claire-Louise Bennett, Rachel Cusk, Niven Govinden and Ottessa Moshfegh in 2020, running in its third year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-21 15:02:31 UTC ]
In “Coventry,” the British author of the widely admired “Outline” trilogy shows how central the self is to her artistic vision. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-09-17 09:00:10 UTC ]
Rachel Cusk has been shortlisted for the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize for the third time in four years while Olivia Laing and Man Booker-shortlisted poet Robin Robertson have also been nominated. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hi, all! Carolyn Kellogg, books editor here, back from a trip to Helsinki, Stockholm and Paris with the not-at-all groundbreaking news that these are delightful cities. Yes, I shopped at Paris’ Shakespeare and Company, but not enough — when decided I needed to return for more books, I couldn’t... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week: the thriller from Bill Clinton and James Patterson, plus new books from Lauren Groff, Rachel Cusk, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rachel Cusk is returning to Faber & Faber to publish the third in her trilogy of novels about divorced creative writing teacher Faye. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five writers on the six-strong shortlist for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction – Rachel Cusk, Kamila Shamsie, Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and Sarah Waters – have all been shortlisted for the award before. The sixth novelist, Laline Paull, is shortlisted for her debut The Bees (Fourth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers have come out on top in the shortlist for the 2015 Folio Prize for Fiction, with Faber and Granta getting three books each on the list. Faber’s three titles are All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews, about sisters, suicide and how to carry on after grief; Family Life by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Guardian called it: "Camilla Long’s comprehensive shredding of Rachel Cusk’s memoir of her divorce, Aftermath has won her the Hatchet Job of the Year award.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]