What Was LostThanks everyone for putting forward suggestions and voting for our first book, What Was Lost by Birmingham-born Catherine O’Flynn.  I know that some of you will have read this already, but I hope it will be interesting to see what you take from it the second (or third!) time around.

It’s a great one for us to start with, here’s the list of prizes that Catherine was awarded for her first novel (as per the website of publishers, Tindal Street Press):

  • Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2007
  • Galaxy British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year 2008
  • Winner of the Jelf Groupnovel Prize 2007
  • Shortlisted for Guardian First Novel Prize 2007
  • Shortlisted for the South Bank Show Literature Award 2007
  • Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2007
  • Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007
  • Longlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize 2007

 

You can find out more about the book and its author, buy it online and download a reading guide from Tindal Street Press. Catherine’s second book, The News Where You Are, is published in July and is already on the Wish List.

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