This week my recommended reading included #Foxash , #AFlatPlace and #WelcometotheWorld plus our book group title #Wivenhoe . New titles each week in my e newsletter at moreaboutbooks.com
Noreen Masud I shall indeed. I'm glad to report #aflatplace is present and correct at Topping & Company in Ely 😁
Hear more about the inspiration behind #AFlatPlace , the raw and radical love letter to Britain’s flatlands and a reckoning with the painful, hidden histories from Noreen Masud and the advice she would give to young writers.
#YoungWriterAward
✨Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024!✨
We are absolutely delighted that #AFlatPlace by Noreen Masud has been shortlisted for the @womensprize for Non-Fiction. Huge congratulations to Noreen Masud!
Kudos to Noreen Masud not just for writing such a haunting memoir as #AFlatPlace but also for braving the awful weather and cycling to our shop to sign a stack of copies. Be like Noreen, brave the elements and come say hello.
“When you are obsessed with an image as I am with landscapes, you cannot separate things. So I cannot separate the legacy of the Empire from the flat landscapes from me.” - Noreen Masud
#YoungWriterAward #AFlatPlace
I really felt this section resonate (from #AFlatPlace by Noreen Masud) in so many ways.
Get a copy: penguin.co.uk/books/446630/a…
In today’s Readers on Writers interview, shadow judge emily speaks to Noreen Masud about her shortlisted book, #AFlatPlace . They discuss Britain's flatlands, living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and family history.
Read more here: youngwriteraward.com/readers-on-wri…
So pleased to receive a copy of this memoir signed by Noreen Masud I recommend you all buy it and read it. #aflatplace
Event update! We are lucky to welcome Devorah Baum to interview Noreen Masud at our event for #AFlatPlace on 10th May! Do join us: waterstones.com/events/a-flat-… Simon Prosser Penguin Books UK 📚
'Expansive, arresting, with sly humour... Masud establishes herself as a significant chronicler of personal and national experience' - Financial Times
Happy publication day to Noreen Masud and her new book #AFlatPlace 🎉
📚 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-flat…
📚 waterstones.com/book/978024154…
Happy Book Day to Noreen Masud’s beautiful #AFlatPlace – I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy tonight at the Storysmith launch 😁
✨Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024!✨
We’re absolutely over the moon that both A Flat Place by @noreen_masud and Wifedom by @annafunderauthor have been longlisted for the @womensprize. Huge congratulations!!
#WomensPrize #AFlatPlace #Wifedom
Noreen Masud’s #aflatplace is reminiscent of Carolyn Merchant’s recovery narrative. This compelling memoir, harrowing at times, reflects on trauma by using travel writing tropes to reconnect with the self through flat spaces. A moving gift of a book.
