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James Herbert Award for Horror Writing shortlist announced

In the UK, the shortlist for the inaugural James Herbert Award for Horror Writing has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted titles are: The Girl with All the Gifts (M R Carey, Orbit), The Troop (Nick Cutter, Headline), Cuckoo Song (Frances Hardinge, Pan Macmillan), Bird Box (Josh Malerman, HarperVoyager), The Loney (Andrew Michael Hurley, Tartarus Press) and An English Ghost Story (Kim Newman, Titan Books). Pan Macmillan and the estate of James Herbert launched the award in April 2014 in honour of the late horror writer, who died in 2013. The winning author will be announced in March and will receive £2000 (A$3900) and a commemorative statuette. Read more about the award here.

 

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