This is where I keep track of my major enthusiasms and longer term projects.
Some of them have a defined end while others will never finish.
THE ORANGE PRIZE PROJECT
I have loved and followed the Orange Prize since the very beginning.
It was heavily criticised in some quarters but I was thrilled when Helen Dunmore won. I had discovered her some time earlier courtesy of a magazine giveaway of “Burning Bright” and she had quickly become one of my favourite authors.
And I was equally delighted when Rose Tremain, an author I have loved for a long time, won this year.
I have discovered many wonderful books from Orange shortlists and longlists over the years through the years and there are many more that look promising that I have yet to get to.
The Orange Prize Project Blog looks wonderful and I am looking forward to reading more and sharing views.
Mymasterlists are here and I have listed the Orange books that I written about so far below:
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
(Orange Award for New Writers – 2006 shortlist)
Monster Love by Carol Topolski
(Orange Fiction Prize – 2008 longlist)
