The Gordon Burn Prize is an interesting award in the book industry, as books that make it on the shortlist are books that are deemed the “boldest and most innovative” novels released in the past year.
The winner of this award receives five thousand pounds, and also gets a retreat at Gordon Burns cottage for a few months.
The actual winner of the award will be announced on October 13th.
Here are the nominations:
- Graeme Macrae Burnet: Case Study
- Margo Jefferson: Constructing a Nervous System
- Preti Taneja: Aftermath
- David Whitehouse: About A Son
- Leah Ypi: Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History
Previous winners of this prestigious prize include Denise Mina for The Long Drop, and Paul Kingsnorth for The Wake.
Last year’s winner was Hanif Abdurraqib for A Little Devil in America.
Gordon Burn was an author who passed away on July 17th, 2009. His novel Alma Cogan, released in 1991, was a Whitbread Award Winner.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Graeme is the founder of Book Notification. Born in Scotland and now living in Canada, his lifelong love of reading began with Enid Blyton. He enjoys spy thrillers, psychological thrillers, light sci-fi, and anything to do with time travel. His favorite book is Replay by Ken Grimwood.