See here from Follow the Thread book blog
One of them is Kevin Barry, he of There Are Little Kingdoms, a brilliant short story collection. He has a mainstream, alternate world novel called City Of Bohane coming out next month I think. I have acquired a review copy to read so I'm reading it ahead of the posse. (Dunno about the hat, though Kevin.)
And what's more, they're not all white, they're not all men and they're not all young. Diversity rules.
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I don't think (but am happy to be corrected) that anyone paid anything in this instance... I believe Waterstones selected the Waterstones 11, themselves, with no financial inducements.
trouble is, their policy of requiring publishers to pay for some promotional spacey skews the perception here. Its a shame they have to do that at all.
You're right. I'm skewed by their other 'chosen by us' promotions. I wonder what the truth is.
KB's hat makes him look very literary indeed. ;) Are you enjoying the book?
Literary wouldn't be the first word that comes into my head when looking at his hat.
Kevin is a brilliant writer, a wonderful way with words but he's trying to be the Irish Irvine Welsh and he doesn't have the gripping plot or rounded characters. Was disappointed mildly.
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