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Who the hell is this 'Boy A' anyway? Only joking, a deserved and I thought expected winner as has generated a huge amount of press recently, even more than most of the other contenders. It was also number one, with Salt & Honey number two, after the first round of voting. So congratulations to all, particularly the author who has the added bonus of a nice £5,000 cheque coming his way. Difficult to make money as a writer these days so richly deserved.
And it has still be great news for Salt & Honey and the promotion continues so don't think you can stop your support of it now! Will be at various events and promotions around the country and deserves all the attention it gets as is a fantastic gem of a book. Hopefully this shortlisting will see it go on and become the huge seller it should be.
Thanks for all your votes and the battle goes on! Viva la Salt & Honey, or something like that.
Tom
It still gets promoted in bookshops as a World Book Day shortlist, doesn’t it? Does it get a sticker? Generally books on the shortlist of a prize get reprinted with the byline ‘shortlisted for the whatever prize’ on the cover. Just a thought…
Posted by: Josie | 06 March 2008 at 11:53 AM
Big up, Tom, for your boundless energy and enthusiasm. And er, Boy A was written by a 'he'.
How about Josie's idea of a sticker?
Posted by: Candi Miller | 06 March 2008 at 12:52 PM
Well done to Candi. And well done Jonathan - we did the same MA at Manchester, so the course was obviously pretty good - even before Mr Amis took over...
Posted by: mark piggott | 07 March 2008 at 12:59 PM