Mrs Death Misses Death shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2021

 

🎉 Wow! 'Mrs Death Misses Death'

has been shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize!

Thank you to New Writing North, Canongate and Own It! 

Thank you judges, Derek Owusu, Irenosen Okojie, Sian Cain and Denise Mina

Congratulations to all other authors: Sam Byers, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, 

Hanif Abdurraqib, Jenni Fagan and Tabitha Lasley!

Very exciting! Thank you! Xx

"The shortlist for the Gordon Burn Prize 2021 has been announced, as selected by chair of the judges, author Denise Mina; writer and poet Derek Owusu; novelist and short story writer Irenosen Okojie; and literary journalist and editor Sian Cain. The prize is run in partnership by the Gordon Burn Trust, New Writing North, Faber & Faber and Durham Book Festival. The winner will be announced at Durham Book Festival on 14 October 2021." 

Read all about it at New Writing North 

Read all about it in The Bookseller  & The Guardian

Mrs Death Misses Death: Edinburgh August 2021 + New essays published by Writers Mosaic

EDINBURGH DATES

AUGUST 2021

 

AUGUST 15

BBC Radio Scotland   

Sunday Morning with Sally Magnusson

and Caleb Azumah Nelson

AUGUST 16

Diving into Black Culture:

In Conversation with Caleb Azumah Nelson

Edinburgh International Book Festival 

AUGUST 17

Bringing Death Back To Life:

Mrs Death Misses Death solo show

Edinburgh International Book Festival

AUGUST 18

YOFEST Edinburgh Fringe 

with Isy Suttie and Iona Lee

Yotel, Queen Street, Edinburgh

Gordon Burn Prize Longlist, Waterstones

Really enjoyed being live on stage again and reading Mrs Death Misses Death. 

Huge thanks and love to all of you @charlestontrust and all who made it out 

to see the show. Here I am on stage and in the Charleston studio. Love this place!

This month I have been having some lovely times down at The Social.

Book conversations and laughs and beautiful people, all very exciting.

Thanks to Deadly Women, Heidi James, Octavia Bright.

Thanks to Baxter Dury, check out his memoir Chaise Longue, out now!

Also such a bonus to meet Wendy Erskine in real life.

Thank you everyone at The Social, see you all again soon!

WRITERS MOSAIC

WRITERS MOSAIC 

NEW: this week we launched my shiny new writers profile for Writers Mosaic. 

Head over to the website now and check out my three new commissioned essay pieces: ‘Hope Is’ and ‘Finding Ideas’ and ‘Dawn Flowers’ all three are now available to read as text and to listen to as audio too. The themes discussed are hope and planting flowers, nurturing your new ideas, authenticity, temerity, integrity and the magic power of writing. Plus this we share a warm and friendly chat with the brilliant John Siddique - I enjoyed making all of this and I have been so looking forward to sharing it. So excellent! Thank you John Siddique and all at Writers Mosaic!!

https://writersmosaic.org.uk/people/salena-godden

A SALUTE TO TWO GIANTS OF POETRY

SENDING LOVE AND CONDOLENCES TO

GLOBAL POETRY FAMILY AND FRIENDS

REST IN POWER, RIP MICHAEL HOROVITZ

REST IN POWER, RIP JEAN BINTA BREEZE