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AK Blakemore

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Nikki Smith

Peter James

Andy McNab

Jim Zub

James Oswald

Ian Rankin

Stephen Graham Jones

Christopher Golden

Dan Brown

Paul Tremblay

Robert Cargill

Jeff VanderMeer

Nina Allan

Helen Whitaker

Dirk Maggs

OwlTail

Eley Williams

Rebecca Watson

In this special episode, we talk with all three of the nominees for the 2021 Desmond Elliott Prize, the showcase award for debut authors from the National Centre for Writing.First up, we talk with AK Blakemore, author of The Manningtree Witches, a brilliant literary historical fiction novel set in England in 1643. AK is the author of two full-length collections of poetry: Humbert Summer (Eyewear, 2015) and Fondue (Offord Road Books, 2018), which was awarded the 2019 Ledbury Forte Prize for Best Second Collection. She has also translated the work of Sichuanese poet Yu Yoyo (My Tenantless Body, Poetry Translation Centre, 2019). Her poetry and prose writing has been widely published and anthologised, appearing in the The London Review of Books, Poetry, Poetry Review and The White Review, among others.Then we chat with Rebecca Watson, author of the incredible little scratch, an experimental literary novel told in immediate first person. Rebecca is one of The Observer‘s 10 best debut novelists of 2021. Her work has been published in the TLS, The Guardian, Granta and elsewhere. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the White Review Short Story Prize. She works part-time as Assistant Arts Editor at the Financial Times and lives in London.Finally, we speak with Eley Williams, author of The Liar's Dictionary, a dual timeline literary novel revolving around false entries in dictionaries. Eley lectures at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her short story collection Attrib. and Other Stories (Influx Press) won the James Tait Black Prize and the Republic of Consciousness Prize. The Liar’s Dictionary is her debut novel.Links:Read about the Desmond Elliott PrizeBuy The Manningtree WitchesBuy little scratchBuy The Liar's DictionaryWatch our video panel Page One Sessions as we discuss writing with great authors: https://youtu.be/gmE6iCDYn-sThe Page One Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on Twitter: @write_gearFollow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WriteGearUK/Follow us on Instagram: write_gear_uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode, we talk with all three of the nominees for the 2021 Desmond Elliott Prize, the showcase award for debut authors from the National Centre for Writing.First up, we talk with AK Blakemore, author of The Manningtree Witches, a brilliant literary historical fiction novel set in England in 1643. AK is the author of two full-length collections of poetry: Humbert Summer (Eyewear, 2015) and Fondue (Offord Road Books, 2018), which was awarded the 2019 Ledbury Forte Prize for Best Second Collection. She has also translated the work of Sichuanese poet Yu Yoyo (My Tenantless Body, Poetry Translation Centre, 2019). Her poetry and prose writing has been widely published and anthologised, appearing in the The London Review of Books, Poetry, Poetry Review and The White Review, among others.Then we chat with Rebecca Watson, author of the incredible little scratch, an experimental literary novel told in immediate first person. Rebecca is one of The Observer‘s 10 best debut novelists of 2021. Her work has been published in the TLS, The Guardian, Granta and elsewhere. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the White Review Short Story Prize. She works part-time as Assistant Arts Editor at the Financial Times and lives in London.Finally, we speak with Eley Williams, author of The Liar's Dictionary, a dual timeline literary novel revolving around false entries in dictionaries. Eley lectures at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her short story collection Attrib. and Other Stories (Influx Press) won the James Tait Black Prize and the Republic of Consciousness Prize. The Liar’s Dictionary is her debut novel. Links:<a href="https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/desmond-elliott-prize/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Read about the Desmond Elliott Prize</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-manningtree-witches/9781783786435" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Buy The Manningtree Witches</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/little-scratch-shortlisted-for-the-desmond-elliott-prize-2021/9780571356584" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Buy little scratch</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-liar-s-dictionary-a-winner-of-the-2021-betty-trask-awards/9781786090591" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Buy The Liar's Dictionary</a>Watch our video panel Page One Sessions as we discuss writing with great authors: <a href="https://youtu.be/gmE6iCDYn-s" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/gmE6iCDYn-s</a>The Page One Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: <a href="https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-one" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-one</a>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/write_gear" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@write_gear</a>Follow us on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/WriteGearUK/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/WriteGearUK/</a>Follow us on Instagram: <a href="https://app.pippa.io/shows/5d26e496b9ed80ab57e7f4af/episodes/instagram.com/write_gear_uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">write_gear_uk</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 76 - The Desmond Elliott Prize Shortlist Nominees: AK Blakemore, Rebecca Watson, Eley Williams