Friday, March 13, 2015

Tiny independent publisher's two debut novels make Baileys longlist

Legend Press’s The Life of a Banana by PP Wong and After Before by Jemma Wayne are in the running for prestigious women’s prize for fiction

Jemma Wayne
Longlisted … Jemma Wayne.
Tiny independent publisher Legend Press, which was launched 10 years ago from a Stoke Newington internet cafe and has only four full-time members of staff, is celebrating this week after two of its debut novels managed to land coveted slots on the longlist for the Baileys women’s prize for fiction.
Tuesday saw the announcement of the 20-strong lineup for the £30,000 award.

Alongside critically acclaimed, bestselling novels from the likes of Sarah Waters and Ali Smith, published by major presses Virago and Hamish Hamilton, sit Legend’s two contenders: PP Wong’s The Life of a Banana, and Jemma Wayne’s After Before. Managing director Tom Chalmers says inquiries have been coming in thick and fast since the longlist was unveiled, and reprints are in the works.
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