Every year the residents of Waverton make an award to the best British debut novel published in the previous 12 months. 61 novels have been submitted for the 2009/10 award.
The 2008/09 winner, in a very close contest, was Tom Rob Smith for Child 44
In 2008/09 the Award has been sponsored by Borders (Cheshire Oaks), who are providing a prize of £1000 for the winning author
The winner was announced on Saturday 4th July 2009 and the award dinner will be on Friday 13th November. Tickets can be reserved now.
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The next meeting is on Monday 30th November. The speaker is Andrew Sharp, author of The Ghosts of Eden a powerful novel set in Uganda.
The previous meeting was at Waverton Primary School at 7.30pm on Monday 14th September. The speaker was Jenn Ashworth, author of A Kind of Intimacy, her first novel. The meeting was very well attended by more than 80 people, who responded enthusiastically to Jen's talk.
Jenn has a blog at jennashworth.blogspot.com
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