08 December 2011
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Catherine Hall wins Green Carnation Prize 2011
The Proof of Love wins the prize after it opened its doors to include all LBTG literature in its second year ...
The Proof of Love wins the prize after it opened its doors to include all LGBT literature in its second year
The Green Carnation Prize was launched last year to celebrate fiction and memoirs by gay men, and was won by Chrstopher Fowler for Paperboy. For 2011, the prize widened its reach to include writing by all LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) writers.
The Proof of Love, set in the Lake District, is Catherine Hall's second novel, and is published by Portobello. Chair of judges Simon Savidge said: 'This is one of those rare novels in which you get so lost you forget that it is fiction. The characters walk off the page and you can feel the atmosphere simmering and brooding in every sentence. It's a book that quietly takes you by the hand, leading you gently into a false sense of security before gripping you and it doesn’t let go until the very last moment. It is the sort of novel that storytelling and reading are all about, wonderfully written and a book you want to pass on and recommend to everyone you know.'
The other titles shortlisted for the Green Carnation Prize 2011 were: The Strange Case of the Composer and his Judge, Patricia Duncker (Bloomsbury); Red Dust Road, Jackie Kay (Picador); Remembrance of Things I Forgot, Bob Smith (Terrace Books); Ever Fallen in Love, Zoe Strachan (Sandstone Press); The Empty Family, Colm Toibin (Penguin).
Website: http://greencarnationprize.wordpress.com
The Green Carnation Prize was launched last year to celebrate fiction and memoirs by gay men, and was won by Chrstopher Fowler for Paperboy. For 2011, the prize widened its reach to include writing by all LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) writers.
The Proof of Love, set in the Lake District, is Catherine Hall's second novel, and is published by Portobello. Chair of judges Simon Savidge said: 'This is one of those rare novels in which you get so lost you forget that it is fiction. The characters walk off the page and you can feel the atmosphere simmering and brooding in every sentence. It's a book that quietly takes you by the hand, leading you gently into a false sense of security before gripping you and it doesn’t let go until the very last moment. It is the sort of novel that storytelling and reading are all about, wonderfully written and a book you want to pass on and recommend to everyone you know.'
The other titles shortlisted for the Green Carnation Prize 2011 were: The Strange Case of the Composer and his Judge, Patricia Duncker (Bloomsbury); Red Dust Road, Jackie Kay (Picador); Remembrance of Things I Forgot, Bob Smith (Terrace Books); Ever Fallen in Love, Zoe Strachan (Sandstone Press); The Empty Family, Colm Toibin (Penguin).
Website: http://greencarnationprize.wordpress.com
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