The news came in this morning via twitter. I’m on the shortlist for the 2019 Edge Hill Prize, the only UK-based award that recognises excellence in a single author short story collection. I am so honoured to be in the company of such wonderful writers. The full list is as follows:
Wendy Erskine – Sweet Home (Stinging Fly)
Vicky Grut – Live Show Drink Included (Holland Park Press)
Chris Power – Mothers (Faber & Faber)
David Szalay – Turbulence (Jonathan Cape)
Simon Van Booy – The Sadness of Beautiful Things (Penguin)
Lucy Wood – The Sing of the Shore (4th Estate)
Vicky Grut 