Wednesday, February 18, 2009

NOVEL ABOUT MY WIFE
Emily Perkins
Bloomsbury

It has just been announced in the US that New Zealand novelist Emily Perkins' Novel About my Wife is shortlisted in McSweeney's The Believer magazine 2008 Book of the Year Award.

Great stuff Emily, congratulations. Use above link to read the full short list.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fantastic news. Emily's book is superb and her writing quite something. Excellent to see recognition going to such a talented author.

Anonymous said...

Wow, this is great news, this magazine has huge influence in the US book market which augurs well for the novel which I have read and thought was great.