Male writers feature on RNA shortlists

Three male authors are among the many writers shortlisted for the Romantic Novel Awards 2015 (full lists below), which are traditionally overwhelmingly dominated by women. Stephen Burke is shortlisted in the Historical Romantic Novel category for his novel The Good Italian by (Hodder & Stoughton). Meanwhile in the Romantic Comedy Novel category, David Atkinson’s Love Byte (Buried River Press) is shortlisted alongside The Best Thing That Never Happened To Me by Jimmy Rice and Laura Tait (Corgi). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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