From an eccentric debut novel to a searing portrait of Putin’s Russia, the contenders for this year’s award show the strength and daring of the ‘indies’
From a portrait of a marriage first spotted by Jonathan Franzen to a chilling account of Putin’s Russia, the longlist for the 2015 Guardian first book award is powered by the creativity and verve of independent publishers.
Six out of the 10 books selected for the £10,000 prize, awarded to the year’s best debut in any genre, are published by independent presses, with a further two titles published by major houses in the UK after smaller imprints first picked them up elsewhere.
The American writer Nell Zink was first discovered by the novelist Jonathan Franzen, who had become Zink’s penpal after she wrote to him about endangered birds. She had only previously written for a few friends; Franzen urged her to try something more commercial, and acted as her first agent. The opening section of her much-hailed debut novel, The Wallcreeper, was written in just four days.
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Six out of the 10 books selected for the £10,000 prize, awarded to the year’s best debut in any genre, are published by independent presses, with a further two titles published by major houses in the UK after smaller imprints first picked them up elsewhere.
The American writer Nell Zink was first discovered by the novelist Jonathan Franzen, who had become Zink’s penpal after she wrote to him about endangered birds. She had only previously written for a few friends; Franzen urged her to try something more commercial, and acted as her first agent. The opening section of her much-hailed debut novel, The Wallcreeper, was written in just four days.
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