Gold Dagger Shortlist is revealed !

A distinctly testeroney list. Only one woman is nominated, but glad to see one of my fav reads from this year: AD Miller's Snowdrops is in.

Snowdrops was an excellent, evocative read and I will get round to posting my review of it as soon as I have finished the beast that is A Dance with Dragons !

In the meantime, here's the list of the shortlisted candidates for the Gold Dagger

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/aug/19/gold-dagger-shortlist-revealed?CMP=twt_fd

Noviolet Bulawayo wins Caine Prize for "Hitting Budapest"

Read here for the full story from Guardianbooks: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/12/noviolet-bulawayo-caine-prize?CMP=twt_gu