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Best First Novel Award Longlist 2017
The Authors Club is pleased to announce that the longlist for the Best First Novel Award 2017 award is as follows:
ALYS CONRAN, Pigeon (Parthian Books)
GUINEVERE GLASFURD, The Words In My Hand (Two Roads)
ROWAN HISAYO BUCHANAN, Harmless Like You (Spectre)
CHARLOTTE HOBSON, The Vanishing Futurist (Faber)
JESS KIDD, Himself (Canongate)
JEM LESTER, Shtum (Orion)
BARNEY NORRIS, Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain (Penguin)
GRAHAM NORTON, Holding (Hodder)
HARRY PARKER, Anatomy of a Soldier (Faber)
FRANCIS SPUFFORD, Golden Hill (Faber)
RADHIKA SWARUP, Where the River Parts (Sandstone)
ELEANOR WASSERBERG, Foxlowe (4th Estate)
The prize is for the debut novel of a British, Irish or UK-based author, first published in the UK, and there is no age limit. This is the 63nd year of the prize.
Many of the members have been busily reading their way through the hefty pile of submissions for the Best First Novel Award 2017 and will speak up on behalf of their favourite books at the annual BFNA lunch on Tuesday, 11 April. Come prepared for some spirited discussion as this has been an exceptional year for literary debuts. Haven't read much? Or any at all? The lunch will be a great opportunity to discover the best of upcoming talent, find a new favourite or even identify a future classic.
Following the lunch, the judging panel, chaired by writer, editor and arts critic Lucy Popescu, will draw up a shortlist on the basis of their recommendations. This year's guest adjudicator will be Roma Tearne. The winner will be announced and the award presented at a dinner on June 8.
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