Congratulations to Michelle O’Sullivan on being shortlisted for the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize for her first collection The Blue End of Stars.
The shortlist for the 2013 prize was announced on 3 June.
The shortlisted books are:
James Brookes, SINS OF THE LEOPARD (Salt)
Oli Hazzard, BETWEEN TWO WINDOWS (Carcanet)
Judith Jedamus, THE SWERVE (Carcanet)
William Letford, BEVEL (Carcanet)
Alistair Noon, EARTH RECORDS (Nine Arches)
Michelle O’Sullivan, THE BLUE END OF THE STARS (The Gallery Press)
Maria Taylor, MELANCHRINI (Nine Arches)
Ahren Warner, CONFER (Bloodaxe)
The winner will be announced on National Poetry Day – 3 October – and the prize will be awarded at the English Association-sponsored Poetry Cafe at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on 11 October.
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