Stay updated with breaking news from Jonathan Cape. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
‘As a writer, I always say that there are always at least two stories, or two poems you’re working with: the one you want to tell, and the one that has to tell itself through you.’
This book is a deeply moving account of a devastating attack and its consequences, but it is also guilty of sins of omission
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/CJ5TIUJ5XBCPJICSGLNKOH7IMA.jpg)
Previous winner Kate Grenville and debut writer Aube Rey Lescure also on shortlist
Anthony Akerman explains what drew him to Roy Campbell and takes the reader on a literary pilgrimage that ends in a remote Portuguese hillside cemetery.
:quality(70):focal(4325x1410:4335x1420)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/Q2LDIZHHKJENJBIHEUY6OMV7PM.jpg)
Novelist explains why he chose not to talk to his would-be murderer, and what he discovered about himself when fatwa was issued against him