But unlike you we had the means to ask him about it in advance. Like you we couldn’t wait for this, nor to hear Porter’s insight into Shy, and his evolving experience as a writer since his successful debut. To celebrate its launch, Porter is joining us here at the Southbank Centre on 2 April for a special reading event featuring Ruth Wilson, Tony Jones and David Alade voicing passages from the book. There has been no stopping Porter’s written output since, with Grief… followed by poetry, essays, lyrics, shorts stories, and further novels, the latest of which, Shy, is set to be published in April. Grief is the Thing with Feathers won the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and the Books Are My bag Readers’ Award for fiction, whilst also being shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, and a Goldsmiths Prize. And then in 2015 he published his first book, and, well, you can guess the rest. After that he became an editor, and a very good editor at that, working as Editorial Director at Granta and Portobello Books. Initially he was a bookseller, and a very good bookseller at that, managing the award-winning Chelsea branch of Daunt Books.
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Although identical in appearance, the twins are very different: Stephanie is shy but brilliant, while Terry is outgoing and loves dancing. Stephanie ( Lyn Wilde) and Terry ( Lee Wilde) are two identical twins who have been split up since their parents divorced seven years before. I was so engrossed in the story I finished it in less than a week. With that in mind, I want to talk about the book I’ve just finished reading. I recommend it.” There are writers out there who do a way better job than me where reviews are concerned so I tend to leave it to them. The reason? I never know what to write other than “it’s really good. When I read a book, I always leave a rating on Goodreads, but I have yet to leave what you might call a “useful” review. Among the books I’ve read have been several authors who were new to me, including Gregg Hurwitz, Paul Tremblay, J.H. Simple as that.”Īccording to my Goodreads account, I’ve read 25 books this year, so I guess I must be following through on my goal. As Stephen King famously said: “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. I’m doing this for several reasons – to help me relax more, to be entertained and to help me progress as a writer. Throughout 2017, one of my writing goals is to make a concerted effort to read more. |