![]() If you haven’t read Fallow yet I hope you will do so now. It picks up Colette and Lydias story five years after Speak Its Name, still in Stancester, though their other university friends are scattered around the country. The Betty Trask judges have agreed and I do believe that we are now looking at the beginnings of a very fine career, as it this award has previously kickstarted the careers of such as Zadie Smith, Jon MacGregor and Man Booker winner Eleanor Catton. Kathleen Jowitts third novel, The Real World, is a sequel to her first, Speak Its Name. He was up against some competition! Our acquisitions team, and editorial director Moira Forsyth in particular, spotted Daniel as a special talent and worked closely with him on Fallow. Managing Director, Robert Davidson said: ‘We are absolutely delighted that Daniel Shand has won this year’s Betty Trask Award for debut novelists under the age of thirty-five. It feels fantastic to know your work is being read and enjoyed.' ![]() It is given to authors under the age of 35 for a first novel of "outstanding literary merit".Ībout winning the award, Daniel Shand said: 'I am extremely proud that Fallow was selected by the panel. ![]() Her mission: to make sure all the Christians in her hall stay on the straight and narrow, and to convert the remaining residents if possible. The judges for the Betty Trask Prize, Simon Brett, Joanne Harris and Michèle Roberts, said Shand's book "works on so many levels" in managing to splice "a road trip through Scotland, a modern Biblical parable and a tense psychological thriller with echoes of Iain Banks and Cormac McCarthy". Speak Its Name A new year at the University of Stancester, and Lydia Hawkins is trying to balance the demands of her studies with her responsibilities as an officer for the Christian Fellowship. ![]()
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