GHOST WALL is longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2019
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Congratulations to Sarah Moss, whose latest novel GHOST WALL has received its second longlisting in a month! Following the announcement of the Women's Prize 2019 longlist, we are absolutely delighted that GHOST WALL has also been nominated for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2019, which honours books that evoke a strong sense of place. Set in Northumberland, at the site of an experimental reenactment of an Iron Age settlement, the novel features some of the most beautiful writing about the natural world that we have read.
2019 is the 15th anniversary of the RSL Ondaatje Prize, and to celebrate the occasion a longlist has been announced for the first time. This year’s judges are Sabrina Mahfouz, Michèle Roberts and Ian Thomson.
The shortlist will be announced at an event called ‘The Spirit of a Place’ on Tuesday 16 April. The winner will be announced on Monday 13 May.