The Snow Line by UEA Professor of Creative Writing Tessa McWatt has been shortlisted for the Society of Authors / Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize for a novel focusing on the experience of travel away from home. It was published by Scribe last year. Tessa (pictured) is the author of six previous novels, including Higher Ed […]
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The Snow Line
An extract from The Snow Line, the new novel by Tessa McWatt, published by Scribe in July 2021 The only external sound is the whir of the fan above his bed, but inside him is a high-pitched rushing noise. He turns over on his side to listen. The wedding guests are asleep, but Jackson’s […]
The Snow Line by Tessa McWatt
The Snow Line is the new novel by UEA Professor of Creative Writing Tessa McWatt and is published by Scribe this week. Tessa is the author of six previous novels, including Higher Ed (2015), two books for young people, and the memoir Shame On Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging, which was published in 2019 and […]
Tessa McWatt shortlisted for Governor General’s Literary Awards
Shame On Me by UEA Professor of Creative Writing Tessa McWatt has been shortlisted for Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards in the Non-Fiction category. Tessa (pictured) is the author of six novels, most recently, Higher Ed (Scribe 2015), and two books for young people. Her new novel The Snow Line will be published by Scribe in July […]
Tessa McWatt shortlisted for Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize
Shame On Me: An Anatomy Of Race And Belonging by UEA Professor of Creative Writing Tessa McWatt has been shortlisted for the 2020 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, which is worth $60,000 to the winner. Tessa is the author of six novels, most recently, Higher Ed (Scribe 2015), and two books for young people. She was […]
Tessa McWatt wins OCM Bocas Prize
Shame On Me: An Anatomy Of Race And Belonging by UEA Professor of Creative Writing Tessa McWatt has won the 2020 OCM Bocas Prize, which celebrates literary work published by Caribbean authors. It was previously announced as the winner of the non-fiction category of the prize. She will receive an award of US$10,000. Tessa is the […]
Tessa McWatt wins non-fiction category of OCM Bocas Prize
Shame On Me: An Anatomy Of Race And Belonging by UEA Professor of Creative Writing Tessa McWatt has won the non-fiction category of the 2020 OCM Bocas Prize, which celebrates literary work published by Caribbean authors. It will now join the shortlist of three category winners in contention for the overall award of US$10,000. Shame On […]
Tessa McWatt nominated for the OCM Bocas Prize
Shame On Me: An Anatomy Of Race And Belonging by UEA Professor of Creative Writing Tessa McWatt has been longlisted for the OCM Bocas Prize, which recognises books of poetry, fiction and literary non-fiction published by Caribbean authors. Shame On Me was published by Scribe last year. Tessa is the author of six novels, most recently, Higher Ed (Scribe 2015), and two books […]
Shame On Me
An extract from Tessa McWatt’s memoir, Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging, published by Scribe in 2019 and the winner of the 2020 OCM Bocas Prize. Eight years old, I am sitting near the back of the room in the grade-three classroom of my suburban Toronto elementary school. My desk is close […]
Shame On Me: An Anatomy Of Race And Belonging by Tessa McWatt
Shame On Me: An Anatomy Of Race And Belonging is a new memoir by UEA Professor of Creative Writing, Tessa McWatt, and is published by Scribe this week. Tessa is the author of six novels, most recently, Higher Ed (Scribe 2015), and two books for young people. She has been nominated for the Governor General’s Award, the City […]
