What you find on google
Guildford Book Festival - First Novel Award
The winner of the 2006 Goss First Novel Award was White Man Falling by Mike Stocks.
I didn’t even know Guildford had a book festival. I’ve heard of Mike Carey’s and Emma Darwin’s books, which were also shortlisted. I didn’t know that Jeremy Dyson had a debut novel out - he’s the behind the camera member of The League of Gentlemen. I’ve read and enjoyed the debut non-tie-in novel by Mark Gatiss - another of the Gentlemen. Though to be honest What Happens Now doesn’t sound my cup of English Tea.
What was interesting from his, Jeremy Dyson’s, Wiki entry is that he has an interest in Robert Aickman, who seems an interesting writer but is sadly out of print. His Collected Works starting at £50 is out of my league at the minute.
Google is the most wonderful thing, as I’ve found an interesting author, and frustrating as he’s going to be a hard one to get hold of to read. (I have to add that I have a thing about second hand books and it’s very rare for me to have any in the house, and only those that are very very out of print. So Mr Aickman might soon be joining their ranks.)
