Mulcahy Conway Associates

News

• Jonathan Cape buys second Wyld novel

  Jonathan Cape has acquired a second novel from the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize-winning author Evie Wyld. Senior editor Alex Bowler acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Wyld's All the Birds, Singing from Laetitia Rutherford at Mulcahy Conway Associates, and will publish in February 2013. The book tells the story of damaged Australian sheep farmer Jake who has started life again on an English hill farm, yet is still haunted by the traumas of his early life. Bowler said: "Very simply, Evie wrote a truly beautiful debut novel, has now written a glorious second, and will continue to write addictively beautiful books for a very long time to come—it's a thrill to be able to work with someone so gifted." Wyld's first novel After the Fire, A Still Small Voice won both the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize in 2009 and the Betty Trask Award in 2010, and was shortlisted for the Orange New Writers Prize and IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She was recently picked as one of the 12 Best New British Writers by BBC2's "The Culture Show".

• Evie Wyld's 'Woman's Body: An Owner's Manual' in Granta's Sex issue

  Evie Wyld features in Granta 110, the Sex issue, published in Spring 2010. Her disturbing but funny memoir piece 'Woman's Body: An Owner's Manual' can be read at http://www.granta.com/Magazine/Granta-110-Sex/Womans-Body-An-Owners-Manual/1 The piece will also be part of the new electronic edition of Granta.

  http://www.granta.com/Magazine/Granta-110-Sex/Womans-Body-An-Owners-Manual/…

• Evie Wyld picked for Orange New Writers prize

  Indie bookseller Evie Wyld has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for New Writers for her novel After the Fire, A Still Small Voice (Jonathan Cape) which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in December last year. Her novel will be up against Jane Borodale's 18th-century set The Book of Fires (HarperPress) and The Boy Next Door (Sceptre) by Zimbabwean author Irene Sabatini. The prize, rewards a debut work of fiction written in English by a woman, with an emphasis on "emerging talent and the evidence of future potential". The winner receives a £10,000 bursary funded by Arts Council England. Chair of judges Di Speirs said: "Judging this year's Orange Award for New Writers has been a fascinating process and uncovered considerable raw talent and passion "Each of the three conjures an entirely different world and all immerse their readers in time and place effortlessly. Curl up with them - they are a real treat." Last year's winner was Francesca Kay for An Equal Stillness (Weidenfeld). The winner will be announced along with the Orange Prize for Fiction on 9th June at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre. The shortlist for the Orange Prize for Fiction will be revealed at London Book Fair on Tuesday (20th April).

  http://www.thebookseller.com/news/116064-wyld-picked-for-orange-new-writers…

• Evie Wyld to be Booktrust writer in residence

  John Llewellyn Rhys prize-winning author and indie bookseller Evie Wyld is to be Booktrust's third online writer in residence, with a special focus on championing independents. Wyld, the author of After the Fire, a Still Small Voice (Jonathan Cape) also works as a bookseller at the Peckham indie Review. She will hold an interactive online bookclub event with independents via video and Twitter in September to mark the launch of the paperback edition of After the Fire. Wyld said "Being made Booktrust's online writer in residence is a real honour. I see it as a chance to lift the veil a little on the creative process at the same time as promoting creative writing, books and independent bookshops." Wyld replaces Ghanaian performance poet and publish Nii Parkes. The writer in residence programme was launched in March 2009 to run for two years, with a new author taking up the position every six months. During her time in the post, Wyld will contribute one new short story for the website, a weekly blog, a video interview with her favourite author, writing tips and advice on getting published.

  http://www.thebookseller.com/news/114595-wyld-to-be-booktrust-writer-in-res…

• Evie Wyld wins John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

  Mulcahy Conway Associates are delighted to say that our author Evie Wyld has seen off competition from an outstanding shortlist of writers to win the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2009. The prize, for UK and Commonwealth authors under 35, is one of the oldest and most prestigious literary awards in the UK, launching formidable careers including those of VS Naipaul, Angela Carter, David Hare, Andrew Motion and AL Kennedy. Evie Wyld was signed from Goldsmiths Creative Writing MA and was one of Granta's New Voices of 2008. The 29-year old bookseller's first novel AFTER THE FIRE, A STILL SMALL VOICE was published to spectacular reviews in August, by Jonathan Cape (UK), Random House Australia and Pantheon (US). Set in eastern Australia, it tells the poignant, sometimes funny story of fathers and sons, the wars they fought and the things they cannot say. Louise Doughty, chair of judges, said: 'It's a fantastically mature book, never showy, a slow burn that drags the reader in.' This year's shortlist included Booker winner Aravind Adiga and Orange Prize winner Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Evie Wyld will be live on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour this Friday at 10-11am. Read a review of AFTER THE FIRE, A STILL SMALL VOICE at http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/29/after-fire-still-small-voice Buy it at http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=after+the+fire+a+still+small+voice

  http://www.thebookseller.com/news/105136-bookseller-wins-john-llewellyn-rhy…