Catton signs TV deal for ‘The Luminaries’
Eleanor Catton has signed a deal to help create a television miniseries adaptation of her Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries (Granta), reports the Sunday Star-Times. Catton said she intends for the series...
Catton named Woman of the Year in NZ awards
Eleanor Catton has been named Woman of the Year in the Lexus M2 Awards in New Zealand. Catton was named as the Woman of the Year at a ceremony in...
‘Battleborn’ wins Dylan Thomas Prize
In the UK, US author Claire Vaye Watkins has won the Dylan Thomas Prize for her short-story collection Battleborn (Granta). Vaye Watkins was presented with the prize, which is worth...
Granta reprints 25,000 copies of ‘The Luminaries’ for Australia; second reprint expected before Christmas
UK publisher Granta has reprinted 25,000 copies of Eleanor Catton’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries for the Australian market, and the publisher’s Australian distributor Allen & Unwin expects the...
Granta announces Best Young British Novelists list
Granta has revealed its list of 20 promising British authors under 40, the fourth time it has published such a list since it began in 1983. For the first time,...
Granta announces best young Brazilian writers
Granta has announced the 20 writers who will appear in its ‘The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists’ issue. This is the first time the literary magazine has devoted an issue...