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Dylan Thomas Prize for Young Writers 2010 Shortlist

The Rehearsal
Eleanor Catton

$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
Nadifa Mohamed

$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
Emily Mackie

$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
Elyse Fenton

$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
Karan Mahajan

$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
Caroline Bird

$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 



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