What a joy it is to have Ashes & Stones Shortlisted by the Royal Society of Literature for the Christopher Bland Prize–a prize that celebrates older debut authors. What and honour. Thank you to the judges Josh Cohen, Niall Griffiths and @ShappiKhorsandi
Read the article in The Bookseller or see the update on the RSL website.
In good company here!
Today, the day after the Blue Super Moon, Waterstones announced that Ashes and Stones is the Scottish Book of the Month for September, 2023. Is this not magic? I’m over the (blue, super) moon about this news. Grateful to have the support of Waterstones which will display the book prominently in all Scottish locations, and there will be promotions as well. It will help get the book to a whole new readership!
Allyson Shaw, Author of Ashes and Stones 