Martin Amis, once the bad boy of Brit Lit, is miffed. Could there be a conspiracy?It turns out that as well as never having snagged the prestigious Man Booker Prize (indeed, he’s only been short-listed for it once) turns out he’s never had so much as an offer of royal…
Kate Atkinson and Maggie O’Farrell on Costa Award shortlist
Author Bernardine Bishop has been posthumously included on the short list in the novel category of the Costa Award for writers based in the UK and Ireland. Bishop, who wrote Unexpected Lessons in Love after becoming sick, died in July.Also shortlisted for the Costa was Maggie O’Farrell for Instructions for…