Inventory
Inventory Shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize
Darran Anderson‘s Inventory has been shortlisted for the 2021 PEN Ackerley Prize “for a literary autobiography of excellence”. See the full shortlist here. The winner will be announced in early August....
Darran in Conversation with Max Porter
Darran Anderson will be speaking to bestselling author Max Porter about his memoir, Inventory at Bristol Festival of Ideas. “Disinterring his own and his country’s hard pasts, Darran Anderson discusses...
“Creativity Can Be a Form of Resistance”
Darran Anderson was interviewed on BBC Radio 4‘s Front Row along with fellow Irish writer Jan Carson about literature from the north of Ireland. Listen to the full piece here....
Darran on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row
Darran Anderson will be speaking on BBC Radio 4‘s arts show Front Row today (12th January). Tune in at 19:15GMT here. Buy your copy of Inventory in the UK and Ireland here or,...
Inventory in the Irish Times and Belfast Telegraph Best Books of the Year
Darran Anderson‘s Inventory: A River, A City, A Family has been named in The Irish Times as one of “The best books of 2020: As chosen by Irish authors”. Author Kerri Ní...
“Inventory was Guided by Restrictions as Well as the Friendly Ghost of Perec”
Darran Anderson has written a piece for 3:AM Magazine alongside the US release of his memoir, Inventory, on Georges Perec and his influence on Darran’s writing. “I hadn’t realised that writers...
“They’re All Items, Discarded and Precious, ‘In the Foul Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart.'”
Darran Anderson has written a piece for music magazine The Quietus in which he compiles a companion playlist to his latest book, Inventory. “The following songs reflect certain aspects of...
“A Nuanced Portrait of a City”
Air Mail has reviewed Darran Anderson‘s Inventory. “Anderson’s title, which alludes to the work of experimental French writer Georges Perec, suggests a desire to make sense of his life and Derry’s...
“Uncluttered, Graceful Prose”
Darran Anderson‘s Inventory has been reviewed by David Keenan in the New York Times. “Anderson too has that same uncanny ability to draw image from object, to turn matter into a...
“A Tense, Atmospheric Study of Life in a War Zone”
Darran Anderson‘s Inventory has been reviewed by US publishing book trade magazine Publishers Weekly. “A grim but engrossing frontline take on the Troubles.” Read the full review here. Inventory will be published by...
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