Well blow me down! Shih-Li Kow has now been shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize!Four out of six collections nominated for this year's short stories award are by first-time writers, and bumped off the list are *gulp*some pretty big names including Kazuo Ishiguro and Ali Smith. (All the shortlisted writers are profiled here.)
Hope this opens all the doors for Shih-Li, including much deserved international publication.
My review of Ripples should be in Starmag this Sunday. (Been waitin' quite a while for it to come out ...)
Congratulations from me, too!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good collection of stories - very Malaysian.
And she's in excellent company.
All the best to her!
At least this year, no "walk-over" for the final winner.
which i am so glad of because i hope to buy the shortlisted books ...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteShe also has a story in an upcoming anthology (ahem!) that will be published next month ;-)
great! invite her to readings Amir!
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! Congrats to Shih-Li!
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Shih-Li! This is wonderful, wonderful news!
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Great news! Congrats Shih-Li! This is awesome! All the best!
ReplyDeleteSince i first read her stories i knew she is a special writer. A real natural talent who works so hard to perfect her art. So proud of her!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. I was shocked and still am! Shih-Li
ReplyDeletethis is great news!
ReplyDeletethis will lead more people to m'sian & s.e. asian literature, i hope. and more of us to write!
-- burhan from scotland
i hope you are still writing Burhan! where's that novel? has maths dissolved your brain yet??
ReplyDeletedon't get mad, but i'm taking a 15 years sabbatical from writing literature to concentrate on philosophy and on proving theorems.
ReplyDeletei am still reading, though -- and a lot of stuff by malaysian writers.
congrats again to shih-li and to Silverfish. the book should be listed on amazon asap.
-- burhan d'Alba