Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Thursday, October 02, 2014
Lionel Shriver in conversation with Fiammetta Rocco
Lionel Shriver in conversation with
Fiammetta Rocco
Tuesday 9 December, 7pm, London School of Economics
Chair of BBC Short Story Award judges, Alan Yentob, said: ‘From a fantastic shortlist, Lionel Shriver's Kilifi Creek stood out...Shriver proves that short really is sweet...'
Shriver's first six novels were critically acclaimed but not commercially successful and she struggled to make a living. Then, in 2003, she published We Need to Talk About Kevin, a controversial study of maternal ambivalence and high-school shooting. It won the Orange Prize, and was made into a prize-winning film starring Tilda Swinton.
In conversation with Fiammetta Rocco, literary editor of the Economist, Shriver reflects on being an American novelist who has chosen not to live in America, on the state of American fiction and her scepticism about creative writing degrees, and on why she likes to craft characters who are hard to love.
We are grateful to the Hawthornden Charitable Trust for sponsoring this event.
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