To celebrate the upcoming announcement of this year’s Desmond Elliot Prize winner (Friday 1 July) and Independent Bookshop Week (18 – 25 June), we’re giving away a book bundle of all ten DEP 2021 longlisted books!
The 2022 longlist is as follows:
- Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy (Bloomsbury)
- Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi (And Other Stories)
- Keeping the House by Tice Cin (And Other Stories)
- Assembly by Natasha Brown (Hamish Hamilton)
- Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer (Pan MacMillan)
- Lessons in Love and Other Crimes by Elizabeth Chakrabarty (The Indigo Press)
- Hourglass by Keiran Goddard (Little, Brown)
- Violets by Alex Hyde (Granta)
- Fault Lines by Emily Itami (Phoenix/Orion)
- Moth by Melody Razak (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
You can enter the giveaway on Twitter or Instagram – or both, if you’re feeling lucky! Here’s how…
To enter on Twitter: Follow @WritersCentre, retweet this post, and in the comments tell us who your favourite indie bookshop is and why.
To enter on Instagram: Follow @WritersCentre, share this post on your Stories or your feed, and in the comments tell us who your favourite indie bookshop is and why.
Entries will close on Tuesday 28 July at 5.30pm BST. UK entries only.
As a bonus, when the winner is selected, we’ll also send your nominated bookshop a cash prize of £500!
Stay tuned for the winner’s announcement on Friday 1 July! Follow #DEP22 #EarlyCareerAwards on social media and sign up to our newsletter here for the latest news and updates.
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