24 May
William Trevor was born in 1928. He is an Irish author and playwright, who has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated four times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer. Read Love and the Summer by William Trevor
Tea Obreht
Tea Obreht was born in 1985 in the former Yugoslavia, emigrating to the US in 1997. She was the youngest author on The New Yorker's Top 20 Writers under 40 List, and one of the youngest authors ever to be extracted in the magazine. Her short story, 'The Laugh', debuted in The Atlantic FictionIssue and was then chosen for The Best American Short Stories 2010, while her short story, 'The Sentry' appeared in the Guardian Summer Fiction Issue alongside stories by Hilary Mantel and David Mitchell. She lives in New York.
Featured Books, with extracts, by Tea Obreht
The Tiger's Wife Tea Obreht
February 2012 Book of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy International Author of the Year Award 2011.
THE ORANGE PRIZE WINNING DEBUT FROM A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.
A Special Edition of The Tiger's Wife... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
The Tiger's Wife Tea Obreht
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy International Author of the Year Award 2011.
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011.
June 2011 eBook of the Month.
From fragments... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/06/2011
The Tiger's Wife Tea Obreht
Shortlisted for the Galaxy International Author of the Year Award 2011.
THE ORANGE PRIZE WINNING DEBUT FROM A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.
A tiger escapes from a zoo during a Nazi bombing raid on a village in the balkans in 1941.... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/06/2011