New Angle Prize For Literature
The organisers of the New Angle Prize for literature have announced the shortlist selected by judges Ronald Blythe, Anne Parry and DJ Taylor. The award, launched by the Ipswich Institute, is for a recently published book of literary merit associated with or influenced by the region of East Anglia, and we are delighted that Notes from Walnut Tree Farm, by Roger Deakin, is one of the eight books shortlisted.
The complete shortlist is as follows:
Notes from Walnut Tree Farm by Roger Deakin (edited by Alison Hastie & Terence Blacker); Hamish Hamilton 2008
Suffolk Boy, by Alasdair Eoin Aston; Orphean Press 2009
Scapegallows, by Carol Birch; Virago Press 2007
Story of the Southwold-Walberswick Ferry by Dani Church with Anne Gander; Holm Oak publishing 2009
Crow Country by Mark Cocker; Jonathan Cape 2007
Constable in Love by Martin Gayford; Fig Tree 2009
What I Was by Meg Rosoff; Penguin Books 2008
Coke of Norfolk (1754-1842) by Susanna Wade Martins; Boydell & Brewer Ltd 2009
A Shortlist Showcase – attended by the authors or editors of all the shortlisted books – will take place at the Ipswich Institute Reading Room on July 8th. Authors and editors will read from and discuss their work at this free entry event. The final award will be presented at an evening event hosted by Paul Heiney to be held at Ickworth House, near Bury St Edmunds, on September 22nd.
Further details of the prize events and the shortlisted books can be found at www.ipswichinstitute.org.uk/NAP.html