We’re delighted to announce that two titles at Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins, have made the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023 longlist.
Congratulations to Elizabeth McKenzie, the author of The Dog of the North and Cecile Pin, the author of Wandering Souls, both of whom have made the longlist.
The Dog of the North
“The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie is a quirky story about a woman travelling around the country in a van. I found it incredibly funny and very moving.”
Quote from 2023 judge Bella Mackie
Penny Rush has problems. Freshly divorced, she has returned home to deal with her grandfather, who is being moved into a retirement home by his cruel second wife. Her grandmother, meanwhile, has been found in possession of a sinister sounding weapon and something even worse in her woodshed. With Penny’s parents missing in the Australian outback, she must deal with this spiralling family crisis alone.
Enter The Dog of The North, a borrowed van, replete with yellow gingham curtains, wood panelling, a futon, a pinata, clunky brakes and difficult steering. It is also Penny’s getaway car from a failed marriage, a family in crisis and an uncertain future.
This darkly, dryly comic novel follows Penny as she sets out in The Dog to find a way through the curveballs life has thrown at her and in doing so, find a way back to herself.
“The Dog of the North addresses all sorts of sadnesses, but it is mainly an exuberant comedy of human behaviour at its nuttiest. It is so engaging that I read it in great gulps, immersed in the sheer eccentricity of her world.”
Kate Saunders, The Times
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We have digital assets available for The Dog of the North, including social media assets and some specifically designed assets to celebrate Elizabeth McKenzie’s nomination for the Women’s Prize. You can find them in the resources section of our website or via the button below.
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The Dog of the North is out on 14th March but we still have proof copies available! The team are already converts to Elizabeth McKenzie’s quirky, compelling new novel and we’d love for you to read it too. If you are a bookseller, please do get in touch and request a proof via the button below.
Wandering Souls
“Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin is a story of a woman who comes to this country from Vietnam and the dangerous boat journey she undertakes. It’s a moving story of immigration and how she eventually makes Britain her home. I just loved reading it.”
Quote from 2023 judge Tulip Siddiq
One night, not long after the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh and Minh flee their village and embark on a perilous boat journey to Hong Kong. Their parents and four younger siblings make the crossing in another vessel but they never arrive.
Anh, Thanh and Minh suddenly find themselves alone in the world, without family or home. They travel on, navigating refugee camps and resettlement centres until, by a twist of fate, they arrive in Thatcher’s Britain. Here they must somehow build new lives with only each other to turn to, but will that be enough in a place that doesn’t seem to want them?
‘Cecile Pin’s Wandering Souls, a lyrical tale about the splintered lives of three orphans following the Vietnam War, is tender and devastating’
Anna Bonnet, the i News
Read an article by the author
Find out all about the inspiration behind Cecile Pin’s longlisted debut in an exclusive article, which you can find on our site.
Download digital assets
We have digital assets available for Wandering Souls, including social media assets and some specifically designed assets to celebrate Cecile Pin’s nomination for the Women’s Prize. You can find them in the resources section of our website or via the button below.
Request a proof copy
Although Wandering Souls is already out we do still have proof copies available and we’re offering out to all booksellers in the open markets! If that’s you, and you’d like a copy of Cecile Pin’s fantastic debut, please do get in touch and request a proof via the button below.
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