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|title=House of Ashes | |title=House of Ashes | ||
|author=Monique Roffey | |author=Monique Roffey | ||
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|genre=Literary Fiction | |genre=Literary Fiction | ||
|summary= There had been unrest in the Caribbean City of Silk in Sans Amen for some time with people growing increasingly belligerent about the perceived corruption of the government. Then the day came when The Leader called the Brothers together and told them that they were going to make history: they would take over the House of Power and the television studios and reclaim what was rightfully theirs. Part of this 'revolution' is Ashes, a quiet, bookish young man who seems to feel most guilty about the lie he told his wife - that he'd be back home for dinner - when he left the house. He'd been swayed by The Leader's rhetoric and finds himself a part of the rag-tag band of ill-trained but probably over-armed young men and teens who invade the House of Power. It would not go as they expected. | |summary= There had been unrest in the Caribbean City of Silk in Sans Amen for some time with people growing increasingly belligerent about the perceived corruption of the government. Then the day came when The Leader called the Brothers together and told them that they were going to make history: they would take over the House of Power and the television studios and reclaim what was rightfully theirs. Part of this 'revolution' is Ashes, a quiet, bookish young man who seems to feel most guilty about the lie he told his wife - that he'd be back home for dinner - when he left the house. He'd been swayed by The Leader's rhetoric and finds himself a part of the rag-tag band of ill-trained but probably over-armed young men and teens who invade the House of Power. It would not go as they expected. | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 26 November 2014
The category shortlists were announced on 19 November and the individual category winners will be announced on 5 January: they each won £5,000. The overall winner (who will receive £30,000) was announced on 27 January 2015.
Novel Award
First Novel Award
Biography Award
Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2014'
Poetry Award The Whole and Rain-domed Universe by Colette Bryce
My Family and Other Superheroes by Jonathan Edwards
A Double Sorrow: Troilus and Criseyde by Lavinia Greenlaw
The Cartographer Tries to May a Way to Zion by Kei Miller
Children's Book Award
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