Sarah Waters’ latest novel has made the recently-announced Booker Prize shortlist. It’s the third time on the shortlist for Waters and we’re wondering whether this might be the year the darling of lesbian lit takes the gong. Carolyn Ride reviews the book that’s put Waters in contention once again. Sarah Waters (Tipping The Velvet, Fingersmith, [...]
When I was a bookseller I was always being asked the insider’s tips for getting published. I’m not sure why they asked me. I wasn’t a publisher. But I suppose I knew what was being published, what the publishers liked and I often knew the backstories to a bestseller’s success. Of all those books with [...]