Carys Davies

Éclaircie, the French edition of Clear, published by La Table Ronde, is one of 15 foreign language novels in the Première Sélection for this year’s Prix Femina. See the full list here

Éclaircie, the French edition of Clear, published by La Table Ronde, is one of 14 foreign language novels in the Première Sélection for this year’s Prix Médicis. See the full list here

My first collection of short stories Some New Ambush, first published in 2007, is being re-issued with this beautiful new cover designed by Salt’s Chris Hamilton-Emery.

Clear is the winner of the 2025 Wales Book of the Year.

'An intricately crafted, passionate and remarkable novel. We loved this book, for its story, for its ambition, for its sentences, for its relevance to our world today.' —2025 Wales Book of the Year judges

Clear — Helder in Dutch, translated by Nicolette Hoekmeijer — is one of four novels shortlisted for the 2025 Europese Literatuurprijs. More here

Clear has won the 2025 Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize. More here

I'm delighted to be joining 13 other Fellows at Columbia University's Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris from September 2025 to May 2026 to work on my new book. Find more information and a full list of Fellows here

Clear has been shortlisted for the 2025 Wales Book of the Year - more here

Clear is one of 15 books longlisted for the 2025  Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, awarded annually to 'a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place.'

See the full longlist here

I will be in conversation with my Dutch translator, Nicolette Hoekmeijer, and bookseller Reny vd Kamp at the wonderful Athenaeum Bookshop in Spui Square, Amsterdam, on Thursday April 17th at 5.30pm. Tickets are free, you can register here