Fiction Uncovered 2013
Welcome to Fiction Uncovered, the promotion which celebrates the best of contemporary British fiction. The 2013 selection was announced on Thursday 16th May 2013.
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16th May 2013
Fiction Uncovered 2013 Titles Announced!
Fiction Uncovered, the annual promotion that celebrates our best British fiction writers, announces its 2013 selection today Thursday 16 May 2013. Now in its third year, Fiction Uncovered celebrates and promotes eight living British writers of any age who have already published at least one novel or short story collection. Fiction Uncovered is funded by…
9th May 2013
Fiction Uncovered Independent Retailer Window Competition
This year independent retailers are invited to enter a Fiction Uncovered window competition from 16 May 2013 with the winner announced during Independent Booksellers Week (29 June – 6 July). The independent bookseller which puts on the best window display featuring the eight titles and celebrating British writing will win a luxury Fortnum & Mason’s hamper and six bottles of prosecco.
1st May 2013
Kobo, Nudge and NetGalley to support Fiction Uncovered 2013
May 1, 2013 – Fiction Uncovered today announced its latest supporters for the annual Fiction Uncovered promotion, which include Kobo, Nudge and NetGalley. Now in its third year, Fiction Uncovered celebrates and promotes eight living British writers of any age who have already published at least one novel or short story collection. It is funded…
12th December 2012
Tinder Press launches at Headline
Tinder Press is proud to introduce its 2013 launch titles. Tinder Press was conceived with a very clear identity, as a focused but diverse list of books with one crucial quality in common: the ability to inspire a passionate response in readers. We had in mind a list that felt hand-picked, fiction that readers would…
6th November 2012
The PEN Atlas asks Fiction Uncovered 2012 writers to name their favourite books in translation.
PEN Atlas, which showcases the very best international writers, recently asked our eight Fiction Uncovered 2012 selected writers to choose their favourite books in translation. David Park David Park’s most recent novel is The Light of Amsterdam, a Fiction Uncovered 2012 selection. He was the winner of the Authors’ Club First Novel Award, the Bass Ireland Arts Award…
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