Tiger shortlisted for Saltire Fiction Book of the Year 2019
The Saltire Literary Awards are Scotland’s national book awards, and I’m excited and honoured that TIGER has been shortlisted for the Fiction Book of the Year 2019. Here is the
Novelist and poet
The Saltire Literary Awards are Scotland’s national book awards, and I’m excited and honoured that TIGER has been shortlisted for the Fiction Book of the Year 2019. Here is the
Edinburgh Book Festival Selva Almada and Polly Clark chaired by Jenny Brown STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD The best novels conjure mental images that we’re unlikely to
TIGER is published May 2nd 2019. All these launch events are open to the public. Please come to one — or more! They are all different. Reserve your place via
When you have read Tiger, you will know something of how to track and survive in the wilderness. Most of all I hope you experience the tiger as it truly is and love it as I do.
“Fierce, elegant, and compelling as the tiger itself, TIGER is less a novel than the very force of nature caught in fiction. Grabbed me by the imagination and carried me into the wilds of animal and human nature”
Laline Paull, author of The Bees
The Siberian tiger is the largest cat on earth. Maintaining a territory of up to 500 square miles in one of the harshest environments in the world requires an epic memory and ruthless punishment of all infractions. Creating fear of reprisal is as important to the tiger’s success as actually carrying it out. I was intrigued by how this characteristic of the Siberian tiger has defined both animal and human societies in the region. I had to visit this tiger’s habitat, and experience the extremes of temperature and scarcity that it has evolved to dominate.
I’m so excited to be on the shortlist for Breakthrough Author for these awards. The books on the shortlists are chosen by booksellers, and the winners by readers — ie.
For me this is the equivalent of being stacked fifty deep in Tesco or Asda, which is something I’ve always fantasised about. All I have ever wanted is readers —
PODCAST AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD HERE To celebrate the Centenary of Bernstein’s birth, several of his works are being performed at the Proms in 2018. On Monday 27th August his Age
The paperback edition of Larchfield, Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month, is launched at Waterstones Edinburgh West End on Thursday 22nd March at 6.30pm. All welcome! I’ll be in conversation