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  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Allardice

    It has been a dramatic couple of years for 37-year-old Dutch author Yael van der Wouden: her first novel, The Safekeep, a love story that deals with the legacy of the Holocaust in the Netherlands, was the focus of a frenzied bidding war and shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. Last night it won the Women’s prize for fiction. “I wrote this book from a place of hopelessness,” she says when we meet. “I was looking for a ray of sunshine.” This morning in London the sun is blazing.

  • 2 weeks ago | msn.com | Lisa Allardice

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Allardice

    Back in 2013, Bernardine Evaristo gave a reading in a south London bookshop from her novel Mr Loverman. Only six people showed up, a couple of them were dozing and she realised they were homeless people who had come to find somewhere comfortable to sleep.

  • 1 month ago | msn.com | Lisa Allardice

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 1 month ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Allardice

    10 The Testaments (2019)After more than 30 years, Atwood caved to pleas to write a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. Not since Harry Potter had a publication caused such a sensation: computers were hacked in search of the manuscript and advance copies were kept under lock and key. With classic Atwood timing, the novel coincided with the phenomenal success of the TV adaptation of the original – not to mention the arrival of Trump at the White House.

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Lisa Allardice
Lisa Allardice @LisaAllardice
6 Sep 24

How absolutely lovely is this! https://t.co/64j310XI3L

Lisa Allardice
Lisa Allardice @LisaAllardice
30 Jul 24

My bit on the Booker longlist https://t.co/A1sS8wweDa

Lisa Allardice
Lisa Allardice @LisaAllardice
16 May 24

RT @MargaretAtwood: I recorded #AliceMunro story, Dance of the Happy Shades, for the Guardian... https://t.co/D8m2oeo3Tm