Han Smith
“An Exhilarating New Voice in Fiction”: Praise for Han Smith
Booker International-shortlisted author and translator Jen Calleja (Vehicle) and Women’s Prize-longlisted author Camilla Grudova (Children of Paradise) have praised Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, the stunning forthcoming...
Han Smith Longlisted for V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2024
Han Smith, the Bridport Prize shortlistee whose stunning debut Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking will be published by John Murray Originals in this summer, has been...
Read Extract of Han Smith’s “Daring” Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking
John Murray Press has announced that it will publish Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, the stunning debut by Bridport Prize shortlistee Han Smith, in 2024. Launching...
Join Han Smith at Catalan Poetry Celebration
Han Smith, recipient of a 2019/2020 London Writers Award and whose work has been shortlisted for the 2019 Mslexia Novella Award, the Bridport Prize, and the Desperate Literature short...
Han Smith Features in Five Dials
Han Smith has featured in the Autumn 21 edition of Five Dials with her short story Stress Test. Five Dials publishes “electrifying literary writing of all forms and genres,...
Catch Han at The European Camarade Poetry Festival
Han Smith will be performing at The European Camarade Poetry Festival this weekend. “Poets in pairs from many countries across the continent, all living in the UK, present brand...
Han Featured in Cipher Press Anthology
Han Smith has been featured in an anthology by independent publisher of queer fiction, Cipher Press, entitled In The Past The Future Was Better. ” In the Past the Future...
Han Longlisted for The Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize
Han Smith has been longlisted for the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize with her story “Via Del Tramvai”. Huge congratulations to Han. See the full longlist here.
Han Smith Longlisted for the UEA New Forms Award 2020
Han Smith has been longlisted for the inaugural UEA New Forms Award for her first novel, Periferia. The award “seeks fiction that explores the boundaries of possibility.” Congratulations to...
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