Below is the longlist for the 2014 Stella List for Australian women authors which has just been announced. It’s great to see two of my favourite books of 2013, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent and The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane are included. Also great news for my colleague Helen…
Page-turners: recent happenings in the world of books
Donal Ryan has taken out the Guardian First Book Award 2013 with The Spinning Heart, a picture of rural life in post-crash Ireland. I haven’t read The Spinning Heart (which was long-listed for The Booker Prize) but I have read (and have reviewed here on Stillnotfussed) two of the other…