So tomorrow the winner of the Goldsmith’s Prize will be announced. I didn’t set out to read the shortlist, but once I’d read the Man Booker and Green Carnation longlists, I only had two more books to read. Ali Smith’s How to be both was my favourite for the Man
I first became aware of the Green Carnation Prize last year when it was won by a book I already loved, Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomons. Books bring people together; if a stranger loves a book you love, you’ve automatically got something in common. So while I’ve been
I’m very grateful to Rebecca Mascull for inviting me to join in this one. The idea is to select three novels – a dark chocolate novel, a milk chocolate novel and a white chocolate novel. I’ve really enjoyed thinking about this. Rebecca’s haunting and original novel The Visitors is out