It's been a great pleasure to be one of the judges for this and to be able to announce an outstanding shortlist:

The Coast of Leitrim – Kevin Barry

What Can You Do With A General – Emma Cline

Comme – Paul Dalla Rosa

All the Poems Contained Within Will Mean Everything to Everyone – Joe Dunthorne

In Silhouette – Louise Kennedy

A Partial List of the Saved – Danielle McLaughlin

West is the Runner Up for this year’s McKitterick Prize

I'm so pleased to see West  included in this list. Click here for the full list.

See the full list of Society of Authors’ 2019 nominations 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.

Click here for the shortlist.

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:

Cork 

Cheltenham 

Manchester

Belfast 

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:

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.