Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

Share this post

Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
BIG SOLSTICE FULL MOON NEWS🌞🌝

BIG SOLSTICE FULL MOON NEWS🌞🌝

and a reminder about our subscriber hangout

Allyson Shaw's avatar
Allyson Shaw
Jun 21, 2024
βˆ™ Paid
5
Share
Promotional image of a black and white photo of a white middle aged woman in an anorak. The quote next to her reads, I am deeply honoured to bey shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize for my debut creative nonfiction book, Ashes and Stones. There is a real sense of validation of the years spent writing, researching, working without a net. Some books can only be written on the other side of 50. It's satisfying to know that the stories of people I have written about, many of them older women trivialised and erased, are also being heard.

What a joy it is to have my book Ashes & Stones shortlisted by the Royal Society of Literature for the Christopher Bland Prize. Thank you to the judges Josh Cohen, Niall Griffiths and Shappi Khorsandi.

You can read more about the shortlist up at The Bookseller and the RSL Website.

A stack of books with the Royal Society Logo--a crown and 1820--on top. The books are Ashes and Stones by Allyson Shaw, Carole Hailey's The Silence Project, Now I am Here by Chidi Ebere, The Box with the Sunflower Clasp by Rachel Meller and High Caucasus by Tom Parfitt

A moody chromograph of a calm sea and a sun or moon bright overhead, some clouds on the horizon and everything is in darkness.

Our Hangout for Paid Subscribers is tomorrow the 22nd of June at 7pm BST. This will be a celebratory meeting and chat. Bring your victories, news and questions. I hope you can make it!

The Zoom link is under the paywall. Become a paid subscriber and join us!

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
Β© 2025 Allyson Shaw
Privacy βˆ™ Terms βˆ™ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share