Grief Is the Thing with Feathers LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction The competition attracts entries each

The competition attracts entries each year from writers of all ages and those who are starting out to seasoned authors

which have breathed fire into our imaginations from ancient Rome to Game of Thrones

Man Booker International Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk returns with a subversive

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The book is based on the real story of a reform school in Florida that operated for one hundred and eleven years and warped the lives of thousands of children

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction The competition attracts entries eachIn a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well meaning visitors and emptiness. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. This sentimental bird is drawn to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him. In a London flat, two young boys face the