Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award 2023 shortlist announced

In the UK, the shortlist for the 2023 Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award has been announced, reported the Bookseller.

The prize money for the award is £10,000 (A$19,404), with each shortlisted author also receiving £1000 (A$1940).

The shortlisted titles are:

• The New Life (Tom Crewe, Vintage)
• Close to Home (Michael Magee, Hamish Hamilton)
• A Flat Place (Noreen Masud, Hamish Hamilton)
• Bad Diaspora Poems (Momtaza Mehri, Jonathan Cape).

The bookselling chain Waterstones has been a retail partner of the award since its 30th anniversary year in 2022 and will support the prize with ‘bespoke content across all of their channels’, said the Bookseller. The prize’s media partner, Granta magazine, will publish exclusive extracts from all four titles on its website.

The 2022 winner was Tom Benn for his book Oxblood (Bloomsbury). The 2023 winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 19 March.

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