Border Forces

12 Sep 2019 | Magazine, Magazine Editions, Volume 48.03 Autumn 2019

FEATURING

Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak

Novelist

Elif Shafak is an award-winning Turkish novelist and advocate for free expression. Her latest novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World has been long-listed for the Booker Prize.
Kerry Hudson

Kerry Hudson

Novelist

The award-winning novelist Kerry Hudson’s memoir Lowborn captured the imagination of the British public this year because of her vivid description of her dysfunctional family and growing up in poverty in the UK.
Chen Xiwo

Chen Xiwo

Writer

Chen Xiwo is a censored Chinese author, most famous for his collection of stories The Book of Sins which was published in English in 2014. His controversial novella I Love My Mum remains banned in China

Judged

19 Jun 2019 | Magazine, Magazine Editions, Volume 48.02 Summer 2019

FEATURING

Xinran

Xinran

Writer

Xinran is a best-selling British-Chinese author and advocate for women’s issues. She was the first woman to host a phone-in program called ‘Words on the Night Breeze’ from 1989 to 1997.
Claudia Piñeiro

Claudia Piñeiro

Novelist

Claudia Piñeiro is a best-selling Argentinian novelist and screenwriter. In 1992 she won the prestigious Pléyade journalism award. Her books have been translated into four different languages.
Robert Harris

Robert Harris

Author

Robert Harris is a best-selling English novelist. He is a former BBC television reporter. Though he began his career in non-fiction, he has found success through his historical fiction.