New Writing North

Benjamin Myers was named winner of the inaugural Gordon Burn Prize for his book Pig Iron (Bluemoose Books) at a special event at Durham Book Festival on Saturday 19 October. Durham-born Ben will receive a £5,000 award and the opportunity to undertake a three-month writing retreat at Burn’s cottage in Berwickshire. This recording includes readings from three of the other four shortlisted writers: Anthony Cartwright reads from How I Killed Margaret Thatcher (Tindal Street Press) Duncan Hamilton reads from The Footballer Who Could Fly (Century) Jean Rafferty reads from Myra, Beyond Saddleworth (Wild Wolf Publishing) Also shortlisted but not present on the night was Richard Lloyd Parry for People Who Eat Darkness (Jonathan Cape) For more information, see www.newwritingnorth.com/news_details-benjamin-myers-wins-gordon-burn-prize-details-2606.html.