Now, the McKitterick Prize, for a debut novel by an author over 40.
Tom McKitterick, former editor of the Political Quarterly and author of an unpublished novel, endowed the McKitterick Prize, which was first awarded in 1990.
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Tom McKitterick, former editor of the Political Quarterly and author of an unpublished novel, endowed the McKitterick Prize, which was first awarded in 1990.
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Judge Rebecca Foster said:
‘Tom Newlands’s evocation of the 1990s—and of his teenage narrator—is utterly convincing. Soaring above grief, poverty, and substance abuse, Cora’s voice is pure magic.’
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