I’ve known about this for a while but had to keep it stum. But now it is in the public domain, I can tell you some really exciting news.
One of my Liberty SMALL TOWN fabric colourways (see main blog picture above) has been chosen by publisher Faber and Faber https://www.faber.co.uk/ for fabric covered edition of their 2018 Booker Prize winning novel, Milkman by Belfast-born author, Anna Burns. Burns has also just been shortlisted for the 2019 Women’s prize for fiction https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/reading-room/news/revealing-the-2019-womens-prize-for-fiction-shortlist. The new edition of Milkman will be published on 5th September this year.
If you’re interested, the book is available for pre-order from a number of booksellers. Here is the Amazon link https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0571355072/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_apa_i_A6.3Cb0ZE38XS
I’m not sure that the image that they’re using at the moment will be the final cover. I’m expecting some more information nearer to the publication date, but look out for my Small Town design on the publicity when it’s launched.
Have you read the book? I’ve just started reading it on my holidays. I think its pretty good. Quite experimental, so for instance, none of the characters have names.
The online reviews are mixed. Here is what the publishers say:
In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle, and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes ‘interesting’. The last thing she ever wanted to be. To be interesting is to be noticed and to be noticed is dangerous. Milkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences.
More news on the book when I get it.
If you haven’t seen them already, here are the links to my fabrics on the Liberty website:
DUNCAN GRANT https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/search?q=duncan+grant
SMALL TOWN https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/search?q=small+town
Originals of my Small Town Ink Drawings and digital prints are available in my Gallery:
ORIGINALS https://duncangrantartist.com/product-category/original-artwork/drawing-ink/
PRINTS https://duncangrantartist.com/product-category/prints/ink-drawing/
And talking of artwork, I’ve just added some new pieces for June, to the gallery on my website – originals, lino prints and digital prints – some of them are recent, some have been around a while and you may have seen them before. Do pop in and have a look. http://www.duncangrantartist.com/product-category/new-artwork/
Ordered mine days ago!