Posts Tagged ‘Tea Obreht’
3 debut novels on this year’s Orange shortlist
April 12th, 2011
Three debut novels are on the 16th Orange Prize shortlist, which was announced this morning (11th April) at the London Book Fair. They are ‘Grace Williams Says It Loud’ by Emma Henderson (Sceptre), ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ by Tea Obreht (Weidenfeld & Nicholson) and ‘Annabel’ by Canadian author Kathleen Winter (Jonathan Cape). The other shortlisted titles are ‘Room’ by Emma Donoghue (Picador), ‘Great House’ by Nicole Krauss (Viking) and Aminatta Forna’s ‘The Memory of Love’ (Bloomsbury). The winner of the £30,000 prize will be announced on June 8th.
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14th Zoetrope All-Story Short Fiction Contest
September 23rd, 2010
Founded by the film director Francis Ford Coppola in 1997, Zoetrope All-Story is a quarterly magazine that aims to explore ‘the intersection of story and art, fiction and film’. The current issue carries work by Helen Oyeyemi and Tea Obreht; contributors to previous issues include Ethan Coen, Miranda July, Helen Simpson, Woody Allen, Hanif Kureishi and other luminaries.
The magazine also runs an annual short fiction contest, which closes on Oct 1. The winning story will be published in their Spring issue and all short-listed writers will be considered for representation by the William Morris Agency, ICM and other agencies. More details here: Zoetrope All Story Contest