Anna Mackmin wins Fiction category at East Anglian Book Awards 2018

Huge congratulations to Anna Mackmin on winning the Fiction category at the East Anglian Book Awards 2018! Her debut novel, DEVOURED, was published by Propolis Books in June 2018 and was described by the Guardian as 'a sparkling debut' and 'a tour de force of tragicomic invention and linguistic virtuosity'. Read more about it here. 

A tour de force of tragicomic invention and linguistic virtuousity [...] I've never read a more sensuous and sensual book
Guardian

A wonderful depiction of a 1970s commune of hopeless, beautiful, deluded people. The book is so funny, I haven't laughed so much in ages - I can't imagine I'll enjoy a novel more this year. 
Tim Pears

Quite brilliant - so funny at times, and so horribly sad. Tragic and hilarious - an experiment in ’70s new age living that could turn the hardiest biodynamic farmer into a Heinz soup guzzling rebel. 
Esther Freud

A fascinating portrait of a singular childhood - highly accomplished and very enjoyable.
David Hare

 A strange, compelling and very funny novel about life, love and Elizabeth David. Both nostalgic and acidic, Mackmin's sun-bleached vision of 1970s Norfolk gradually takes on a more sinister atmosphere as her young heroine learns that growing up often means leaving behind the things we love most. This is experimental fiction at its very best - giving a new shape to the way we see the world, but one that strikes us as deeply, marvellously true.
Alex Preston

Funny, touching and extraordinarily consistent in sustaining the voice of an almost 13 year old girl. Full of optimism as well as hurt.
Sir Richard Eyre

A dazzling debut - in equal parts hilarious and terrifying. An incredibly assured and superbly written evocation of an eccentric childhood that will nonetheless resonate powerfully with those whose upbringings were more conventional. 
Stephen Fry