The list is 57 strong (up from 38 last year) with most entries coming from the US and UK, and there are some pretty big names on there, including Chimananda Ngozi Adichie and Kazuo Ishiguro.
As The Short Review says :
... this is a wonderful move on the part of the organisers, giving much-needed publicity to many, many books not published by mainstream publishers but by small presses without teams of publicists ... . What is also wonderful is that "big" names are alongside newer writers, showcasing that the short story is not just the province of those who have yet to "graduate" to novels!(Thanks Steven of Horizon Books for sending me the news and the links!)
7 comments:
ooh nice ... congrats to Shih-Li!
-Jen
Lovely news -- big, big congrats to Shih-Li!
-- Preeta
Wonderful news. Congrats, Shih Li and Raman.
saras
Great news! Congrats, Shih-Li and Raman.
I have read and enjoyed Ripples.
I hope that she will produce further work in the near future.
Hello, Sharon. Hope you're having a lovely time. Thank you for posting this and for the kind comments from the rest. I consider myself lucky that they allowed such a long longlist. Shih-Li
Good to see you are back and blogging again. Missed you!
Note from Carrefour people you might find interesting:
Starting from May 28th Carrefour Subang Jaya will have a New Book Fair.
More that 10 000 books will be proposed at 5 RM.
These books include fiction (Asian, European and American author) and non-fiction (self development, sport, arts,...).
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