From Kazuo Ishiguro to Zadie Smith, Granta’s list has been spotlighting future stars since 1983. Four decades on, what does its evolution says about our literary landscape?Last month, a reformed Glaswegian gang member, a former personal trainer and a Booker prize winner all glammed up for a photoshoot. Graeme Armstrong, Derek Owusu and Eleanor Catton had never met before, but along with 17 other writers under the age of 40, they have been decreed the “Best of Young British Novelists” by the literary magazine Granta.A selection of 20 authors every 10 years, the Granta list has become a barometer of the literary climate and a forecast of the stars of the future. The latest cohort join a roll call of literary giants from the particularly stellar 1983 list that included Martin Amis, Pat Barker, Julian Barnes, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie; followed by, among others, Hanif Kureishi and Jeanette Winterson (1993); Zadie Smith, Sarah Waters and David Mitchell (2003); and Kamila Shamsie and Sarah Hall (2013). As the list itself turns 40, it seems a timely moment to reflect on its influence and relevance: who’s in, who’s out – and what that says about the literary world. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Goldsmiths University of London is to present novelist Sarah Waters with an honorary fellowship on Thursday 14th July in recognition of her "inspiring" literary career. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon Schama, Germaine Greer, Salman Rushdie and Caitlin Moran are just some of the writers and thinkers lined up to take part in this year’s Hay Festival, which takes place 25th May – 5th June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some cultures do not distinguish between fiction and nonfiction – and instead talk of ‘stories’. Is that a barrier to English-language writers and publishers? Or should they just learn to enjoy telling tales?There’s a mighty canyon that runs down the middle of the world of the word, carving... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Millennial women who grew up reading JK Rowling’s wizard series are driving sales in other genres as they reach their 20s and 30s, according to recent researchThe women switched on to books by Harry Potter are shaping the literary world, according to new research, boosting the market in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The novelist has called Kamila Shamsie’s campaign for a pledge to publish only female authors in 2018 ‘a ridiculous idea’Lionel Shriver has called her fellow novelist Kamila Shamsie’s suggestion of a year publishing only women “rubbish”.Shamsie made the provocative call last year, citing gender... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Filming has finished and editing is underway for the film adaptation of Eleanor Catton' first novel The Rehearsal. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forty state-run Iranian media outlets have renewed the fatwa on Salman Rushdie, the Independent has reported, quoting Iranian news service the Fars News Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling novelist Julian Barnes talks to Cathy Rentzenbrink about The Noise of Time, his first novel since his Man Booker Prize triumph. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Perspectives' Erin L. Cox looks back at 2015 in publishing and highlights three significant moments that sparked conversation in the literary world. The post 3 Key Publishing Moments of 2015, the Year of Provocative Thinking appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Fry will voice two classic detective stories exclusively for Audible. Fry, who voiced all seven of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, will voice The Coin of Dionysius and The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah, which features the blind detective Max Carrados who was first... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling's pseudonym Robert Galbraith, Ian McEwan and BBC journalist Kirsty Wark make the longlist for the world's richest literary prize, the International Impac Dublin Literary Award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Past winners of the The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writers of the Year Award share their writing tips and their favourite books written by writers aged 35 and under. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s been a good couple of years for Matt Haig and he credits this success to stopping trying to be Ian McEwan: “It took me at least all my 20s and some of my 30s to get the confidence to realise I could just write about what I wanted to write about, without having to pass a test or look super... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elena Ferrante—the mysterious Italian writer whose Neapolitan novels have captivated the literary world with their portrait of a lifelong female friendship—has been asked many times why she keeps her identity private. She has responded with many variations on the answer that she gave Vanity Fair... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2015-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Read about Salman Rushdie, Iranian publishers, The Markets conference, the Rights Directors Meeting and more in our Frankfurt Book Fair show daily for Wednesday. The post Download: Wednesday’s Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 Show Daily appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calling the question Conference organisers, prize judges, pretty much anyone who has a role in deciding who gets to be heard: don’t they notice the roll call of mainly white men? Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iran has threatened to boycott 2015's Frankfurt Book Fair taking place next week (14th-18th October), due to organisers’ selection of Salman Rushdie as a keynote speaker. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Salman Rushdie will discuss the significance of freedom of expression for authors and the book industry in his keynote address at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year. A spokesperson for the Frankfurt Book Fair said: “The publication of polemic literature and its consequences affect not just... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first cookbook from the independent Paula Deen Ventures debuts at #8 on PW’s hardcover nonfiction list. Plus, the latest James Bond outing, Salman Rushdie’s new novel, and much more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It has been a bit more than nine years since David Foster Wallace delivered “Federer as Religious Experience,” the Magna Carta of what has become one of the most popular genres in sports journalism: the Roger Federer think piece. The now-classic essay, penned for the short-lived New York Times... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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