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The Winner of the Green Carnation Prize is…

Posted on May 22, 2017 by savidgereads

The Green Carnation Prize today (22 May 2017) announced David France’s insider account of the AIDS epidemic, How To Survive A Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS, as the unanimous winner at a ceremony hosted by … Continue reading →

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The Green Carnation Prize 2016 Shortlist

Posted on April 28, 2017 by savidgereads

The Green Carnation Prize today announces the 2016 shortlist featuring: queer magical realism from Kirsty Logan; Stella Duffy’s story set in the South London slums of 1912; an insider account of the AIDS epidemic by David France; a debut novel … Continue reading →

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The Green Carnation Prize 2014 Judges Announced…

Posted on June 23, 2014 by savidgereads

We are delighted to reveal the full judging panel for The Green Carnation Prize 2014. The judges are Simon Heafield, Communications Manager of Foyles; Jonathan Kemp, author and DJ; Laura Macdougall, Editor at Hodder and Stoughton and Gareth McLean, writer, critic … Continue reading →

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The 2011 Judges Interviews #3 – Nick Campbell

Posted on September 24, 2011 by greencarnationprize

As the final few days before the Green Carnation Prize judges reveal their longlist for 2011, we thought it would be nice to get to know them a little better while we wait with baited breath for the announcement on … Continue reading →

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“I wanted to capture a hidden London…” Jonathan Kemp on London Triptych

Posted on November 30, 2010 by greencarnationprize

Jonathan, you’re on the shortlist for the first Green Carnation with your first published novel – congratulations! You’ve got three distinct voices in London Triptych, and three distinct worlds, but London is clearly a unifying theme. What aspect of the … Continue reading →

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“I wanted it to be the kind of book that sneaks up on a reader…” Christopher Fowler on Paperboy

Posted on November 29, 2010 by greencarnationprize

  Congratulations, Christopher, on being in the Green Carnation shortlist – Paperboy is such a lovely read, funny and moving. Did you enjoy writing it? It didn’t feel as if I wrote it at all. Usually, books are constructs that … Continue reading →

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‘Sometimes he thinks he is already living in the future…’ Max Schaefer’s Children of the Sun

Posted on November 28, 2010 by greencarnationprize

The Green Carnation Prize has been blogging each of the books on its shortlist and interviewing their authors. Don’t forget, the announcement of the winner of this year’s Prize is Wednesday December 1st. That day is also World AIDs Day. … Continue reading →

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Blooming marvellous

Posted on November 24, 2010 by greencarnationprize

A terrific thank you to everyone who braved November’s dark chills last Thursday night, to throng the Gay’s the Word bookshop for the Green Carnation’s first ever night of readings from shortlisted authors. A heartfelt thank you to Gay’s the … Continue reading →

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On Comments

Posted on September 7, 2010 by greencarnationprize

Due to the nature of what has been happening with The Green Carnation Longlist post and its comments we have been asked by one of the authors discussed to take down the anonymous negative comments regarding them. We have also … Continue reading →

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Not Conserving Secrets

Posted on September 5, 2010 by greencarnationprize

I don’t know if having a Conservative Prime Minister has got everybody in an overly nostalgic mood, but there do seem to be an awful lot of outings in the press at the moment. At the start of the summer, … Continue reading →

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