See the full list of Society of Authors’ 2019 nominations here.
It's a great pleasure to be joining Sarah Churchwell, Blake Morrison, Kit de Waal and Sunday Times literary editor Andrew Holgate on the judging panel for this year's award. The longlist will be announced in June, the shortlist in July and the winner in September.
I'm delighted West has been shortlisted for this year's award. See the full list of nine English language and nine Welsh language books here:
For aspiring writers and book lovers alike, May 19th is a day of talks at the British Library on the art of the novel. A. L. Kennedy will host, with guests including Kate Clanchy, Owen Sheers, Louise Doughty, Chloe Aridjis, Francesca Beard, Joe Dunthorne and many others, including shortlisted writers of this year’s Rathbones Folio Prize.
I'm so pleased to see West included in this list. Click here for the full list.
Paperback editions of West will be out in the UK and US in early April.
On Sunday March 10th at 7pm Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall, and I will be talking about our books.
For tickets visit the festival website here.
Applications are open for The Word Factory's 2019-2020 Apprenticeship scheme. I'll be joining Lisa Blower, Chris Power and Leone Ross to mentor four emerging short story writers. How you apply depends on where you live, so check the Word Factory website here for details. Deadline February 7th.
Cynan Jones and I will be teaching this week-long course together in Devon Nov 25th-30th with Tessa Hadley as our visiting writer. You can book here.
This is just out from Yüz Kitap - you can buy it here.
I'm delighted The Sunday Times, The Guardian, and The Washington Independent Review of Books have picked West as one of their books of the year.
Vulture has published its list of the top 10 audiobooks of the year so far here.
I'll be in conversation with Danny Denton in Cork on September 12th, with Andrew Holgate in Cheltenham on October 13th, Katy Shaw and Sarah Moss in Manchester on October 14th, Jan Carson in Belfast on October 17th. Details here:
I'll be in conversation with Cathy Galvin about the Guillemot Factory's new limited edition series of short stories, and about the lure of the West. More info here.
I've reviewed Hernan Diaz's captivating debut novel in The Guardian here:
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
West by Carys Davies
Time Is a Killer by Michel Bussi
Mrs Whistler by Matthew Plampin
Lullaby by Leila Slimani
See the full list of 100 recommended books here.
I'm delighted to be appearing at this in Zagreb on May 28th and 29th and in Rijeka on May 30 and 31st. Full programme here.
It's been a great pleasure being one of the judges of the New York Public Library's 2018 Young Lions Fiction Award, which champions emerging writers. The winner will be announced on June 7th and chosen from among this year's finalists, who have just been announced.
I've written an essay for Granta on the importance of artistic failure. Follow this link to read it.
Some of my favourite visions of unfathomable territory, published here.
The wonderful Woodstock Bookshop is 10 years old and I'm delighted to be part of the celebrations on the evening of Friday May 11th. Social historian Julie Summers will be talking about her new book Uninvited Guests and I'll be talking about West.
I’ve written an essay about the nineteenth century’s fascination with woolly mammoths. Read it here.
On Sunday, April 22nd, at 4pm GMT I'll be talking about West with Mariella Frostrup. Full details here
As the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award winner is announced, the paper's Culture editors have picked their favourite tales - delighted to see them include The Quiet, from my collectionThe Redemption of Galen Pike
See the full list here.
I'm delighted to have a story in this new anthology celebrating the Fly's first twenty years. Edited by Declan Meade and Sarah Gilmartin, it collects 40 short stories first published in the magazine and includes fiction by Colin Barrett, Kevin Barry, Sara Baume, Claire-Louise Bennett, Claire Keegan, Molly McCloskey and Lisa McInerney. More details here.
Thrilled that the Toronto Star has included West on their list of 20 forthcoming books to look out for. Take a look at the full list here.
The Redemption of Galen Pike is on the Toronto Star's list of the top 10 books of last year. See the full list here.
The Globe and Mail's editors and reviewers have compiled a list of their favourite hundred books of 2017 here.
The Redemption of Galen Pike is a Women's National Book Association choice in the U.S. for its Great Group Reads 2017. Details and advice for reading groups here:
My novel, West, with this beautiful cover from Scribner, will be out in the U.S. in April 2018, just ahead of its publication in the U.K.
I've reviewed William Boyd's new novel in The Guardian here.
My short story, Creed, is up at Electric Literature, with an introduction by David Constantine
I'll be joining Tim Winton and Paul Howarth to talk about our new novels, West, The Shepherd's Hut and Only Killers and Thieves. Tickets here.
You can read my essay on how the settlement of the American West can help us understand the nativism of Donald Trump here.
A new story, The Testimonie of Alyss Teeg, is out in the summer issue of Ploughshares, guest edited by Claire Messud and James Wood.
I'm looking forward very much to going to Ireland in July, to Bantry, for the West Cork Literary Festival.
An Evening with Kevin Barry and Carys Davies will start at 8.30pm on Tuesday July 19th at the Maritime Hotel.
Joanna Walsh (Vertigo) and I will be reading from our collections and discussing the resurgence in popularity of the short story with Paul McVeigh, author of The Good Son and co-founder of the London Short Story festival.
I'm delighted to have my story, The Quiet, in the latest issue of the Australian magazine The Canary Press, beautifully illustrated by Melbourne based artist Samuel Lewis.
I will be in conversation with Professor Ruth Robbins of Leeds Beckett University as part of the university's (Re)Writing Yorkshire series.
On Thursday March 10th at 6pm I'll be reading and discussing short stories with Crista Ermiya, author of The Weather in Kansas, at the York Explore Library and Archive.
Readings are taking place throughout the world following a call from the International Literature Festival in Berlin to raise awareness of the plight of the Palestinian-born poet, Ashraf Fayadh, who is under sentence of death in Saudi Arabia, accused of apostasy and the promotion of atheism.
On Friday December 4th at 10 pm I'll be in conversation with host Ian McMillan, Julian Barnes, Marry Waterson and Frank McCabe on BBC Radio 3's The Verb.
Salt Publishing has joined forces with the excellent Galley Beggar Press to make a book about refugees: 11 stories by 11 authors. It costs £5. All proceeds will be directed to aid organisations on Kos.
I'm looking forward to appearing with Crista Ermiya and Stuart Evers on Saturday October 17th at Durham's Palace Green Library at 1pm. We'll all be reading from our new collections and discussing short stories with Claire Malcolm. For tickets visit here
Sarah Jessica Parker gave an interview on Girlboss Radio recently, and gave us a rundown of five books she's been enjoying. So pleased to see West and The Redemption of Galen Pike on there.
A lovely few days at the 2015 Cork International Short Story Festival - on stage here with Frank O'Connor's daughter Liadain O'Donovan.
I'll be appearing at this summer's London Short Story Festival (June 18-21) with Cynan Jones, Francesca Rhydderch and Rachel Trezise. We will be reading and discussing short stories with Wales Arts Review fiction editor John Lavin.
I will be in conversation about my novel West with Salvatore Scibona, the novelist and director of the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center, on Thursday May 3rd, 7-8 pm. Reservations here.
On Saturday April 28th at 7pm I'll be at the wonderful R.J. Julia bookstore in Madison, Connecticut, to talk about West - details here.
Wednesday April 25th at the Community Bookstore, 143 7th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn.
7.30 pm - tickets here.
The Fly’s new editor, Sally Rooney, talks here with Sarah Gilmartin about the magazine’s 20th anniversary anthology, just out. With readings of excerpts from five of the stories, including The Quiet, beautifully read by Nora Pyne.
I'm delighted to be heading to the beautiful city of Cork, Ireland, in September, to take up the 2018 Frank O'Connor Short Story Fellowship there. I'll be mentoring local writers and teaching at University College Cork for three months.
