A treat to hear readings by finalists for the #YoungWriterAward at an event chaired by Sebastian Faulks this evening!
Congratulations to Tom Crewe who has been announced as this year's winner with his novel, #TheNewLife ! ✨️
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'The New Life' has been out for over a year now and it's still winning awards. And deservedly so!
Fantastic to see Tom Crewe being awarded the 2023 #YoungWriterAward
I loved this novel: youtube.com/watch?v=q7D5ZH…
Congratulations to all of the writers in the Sunday Times Young Writers’ Prize shortlist!
📕 A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
📗 Bad Diaspora Poems by Momtaza Mehri
📘 Close to Home by Michael Magee
📙 The New Life by Tom Crewe
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The winner of the 2023 #YoungWriterAward is...
Tom Crewe for #TheNewLife
Tom joins an illustrious list of writers for his daring novel of forbidden desire. Published by Chatto&Windus.
OXBLOOD is out in paperback today (with an exclusive extended chapter, no less). Big up the Manchester Waterstones for their champion displays & enthusiasm. Love to every reader/writer/bookseller/librarian who's supported it so far.🐝🖤🙏linktr.ee/tombenn #YoungWriterAward
Tonight we're at Waterstones Piccadilly, London for the Young Writer Award shortlist event! #YoungWriterAward
We can’t believe it’s already been ONE MONTH since we awarded the #YoungWriterAward to Tom Crewe for his stunning novel The New Life, published by Chatto&Windus / Vintage Books✨
What a room! Young publishers, booksellers, writers, agents and industry figures all here for he Young Writer Award ✨ #YoungWriterAward
Our incredible shortlisted authors are in the building! Looking forward to celebrating this evening with Tom Crewe, Noreen Masud, Michael Magee and Momtaza Mehri.
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‘Talking about these books as judges, we came away exhilarated. They are all fearless.’ - Johanna Thomas-Corr #YoungWriterAward Young Writer Award
i wrote some words about writing Close to Home for Young Writer Award
you can read the full thing here:
youngwriteraward.com/book/michael-m…
We are absolutely thrilled that not one, but TWO titles by our sister imprint Simon Prosser have been shortlisted for the #YoungWriterAward !
Huge congrats to Michael Magee , Noreen Masud and all shortlisted authors! 🎉🎉
We've arrived Canovahall for tonight's winner ceremony. Stick around to celebrate with us and find out who will be the recipient of this year's award ✨️
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'Larger than an Orange' by Lucy Burns, 'an uncompromising, intimate and original memoir' is shortlisted for this year's Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer Award Award
Find out more: youngwriteraward.com/book/lucy-burn…
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Shaken, not stirred!
Our wonderful chair of judges, Johanna Thomas-Corr, and chair of the Charlotte Aitken Trust, Sebastian Faulks! Ready to get the evening started.
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Also, just today I finished reading #YoungWriterAward nominee Noreen Masud's incredibly moving memoir 'A Flat Place'. What a beautiful meditation on belonging, negotiating past trauma and finding solace in an environment that nurtures our peace of mind. ❤️
