I’m still a bit overwhelmed this morning after the announcement last night that The Girl with Glass Feet won The Desmond Elliott Prize for 2010. It’s a massive honour and I’m really grateful to the judges, everyone involved with the Prize, and of course Desmond Elliott himself.
This is what the judges said: “After some soul [...]
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The Girl with Glass Feet wins The Desmond Elliott Prize 2010
Desmond Elliott Longlist, Audiobooks
I’ve been keeping my head down for a while, trying to get some writing done. I’m beginning to realise that in order to write it’s necessary to unplug all appliances, soundproof the walls, board up the windows, that kind of thing. I’ve been reading scraps of Walden and becoming increasingly envious of Thoreau’s little hideout [...]
Oxford Literary Festival, Glass Feet in Italy and Sweden
Lots of news to impart, with seemingly so little time in which to do so. More details to follow but for now, in brief…
I’m going to be appearing at Oxford Literary Festival on Saturday 27th March at 12:00.
Flickan med glasfötter and La Ragazza dai Piedi di Vetro have been available for a few weeks now [...]
Publication Publication
The Girl with Glass Feet is published today in the USA by the wonderful Henry Holt and Company. It has the same Rose Cooper jacket design as the UK hardback, and Henry Holt have done a fantastic job of producing it. They’ve also got some bits and pieces up on their webpage that you can read/view, [...]
The Girl with Glass Feet in Korea
Sallim Publishing have just released their translation of The Girl with Glass Feet in South Korea, and they’ve done an absolutely beautiful job of the book. Here it is on their site, and below a copy of the cover. You can also get a feel of what the book looks like here.
In other news, I [...]
