Dylan Thomas Prize for Young Writers 2010 Shortlist
The Rehearsal
$19.99 – Paperback book / Granta
A dazzlingly assured and bold novel revolving around a school sex scandal ...
A high-school sex scandal jolts a group of teenage girls into a new awareness of their own potency and power. The sudden and total publicity s... Buy or find out more →
Black Mamba Boy
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
Aden,1935; a city vibrant, alive, and full of hidden dangers. And home to Jama, a ten year-old boy. But then his mother dies unexpectedly and he finds himself alone in the world.
Jama is forced home to his native Somalia... Buy or find out more →
And This Is True
$32.95$27.95 – Hardcover book / Hodder Headline
'I kissed my father once, when he was sleeping.'
Nevis Gow is fifteen. For eleven years he has lived in a van with his father Marshall, travelling the country. They don't need people or school or jobs. All they need is e... Buy or find out more →
Clamor
$25.95 – Paperback book /
Winner, 2009 Cleveland State University Poetry Center First Book Prize Selected by D. A. Powell.
Written in part while Fenton’s husband was deployed as a medic in Baghdad, Clamor loosely follows the narrative arc of week... Buy or find out more →
Family Planning
$27.95 – Paperback book / Random House
Mr Ahuja, Delhi's Minister of Urban Development, has too much on his hands: thirteen children and another on the way. All at sea among his sprawling, noisy brood he reaches out to Arjun, his eldest, and seemingly wisest,... Buy or find out more →
Watering Can
$32.95 – Paperback book / Carcanet
Packed with wry comedy, satire, and wordplay, this collection of poems celebrates life as an early 20-something. The extraordinary verve and compassion of the verse reveals the anxiety of new responsibilities and contain... Buy or find out more →