‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ longlisted for Glass Bell Award

5 July 2019 Books+Publishing

Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo) has been longlisted for the UK’s Glass Bell Award.

Presented by London bookstore Goldsboro Books, the prize celebrates the best storytelling across all genres of contemporary fiction. The longlist of 12 titles includes Women’s Prize-nominated Ordinary People by Diana Evans (Vintage), Blitz-set comic novel Dear Mrs Bird by A J Pearce (Macmillan) and high-concept thriller The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Bloomsbury).

The shortlist will be announced on 1 August and the winner, who receives a £2000 (A$3600) cash prize and a handmade, engraved glass bell, will be announced at a party in the bookshop on 16 September.

View the full longlist on the Goldboro Books website here.

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