56 min

Ep. 3 - Karen Jennings Holland House Books Podcast

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Today's guest is Karen Jennings. She is a South African author. Her debut novel, Finding Soutbek, was shortlisted for the inaugural Etisalat Prize for African Fiction. She has published a short story collection Away from the Dead and a poetry collection, Space Inhabited by Echoes, as well as a memoir, Travels with my Father. In 2019 she published the historical mining novel Upturned Earth. Her most recent novel, An Island, was written with support from the Miles Morland Foundation and was longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize.

“An Island” is available at https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/an-island/ and at all major book stores

This podcast was recorded on 11.11.2021

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Holland House Books is an independent publisher specialising in literary fiction and non-fiction, crime, and historical fiction.

Follow on Twitter @HhouseBooks and Instagram @hollandhouse3525

Visit https://www.hhousebooks.com/ for more information

This podcast is hosted by Julia Warren.

Follow her on Twitter @JuliaFWarren and on Instagram @inkwellsandcurtains

Presented by Crazy Cats Theatre.

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Today's guest is Karen Jennings. She is a South African author. Her debut novel, Finding Soutbek, was shortlisted for the inaugural Etisalat Prize for African Fiction. She has published a short story collection Away from the Dead and a poetry collection, Space Inhabited by Echoes, as well as a memoir, Travels with my Father. In 2019 she published the historical mining novel Upturned Earth. Her most recent novel, An Island, was written with support from the Miles Morland Foundation and was longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize.

“An Island” is available at https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/an-island/ and at all major book stores

This podcast was recorded on 11.11.2021

If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5* review. We'd appreciate it.

Holland House Books is an independent publisher specialising in literary fiction and non-fiction, crime, and historical fiction.

Follow on Twitter @HhouseBooks and Instagram @hollandhouse3525

Visit https://www.hhousebooks.com/ for more information

This podcast is hosted by Julia Warren.

Follow her on Twitter @JuliaFWarren and on Instagram @inkwellsandcurtains

Presented by Crazy Cats Theatre.

Follow on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @CrazyCatsArts

Support us here https://ko-fi.com/crazycatstheatre

56 min