Gordon Burn literary prize awarded to local author
A literary award commemorating an influential Tyneside novelist who died four years ago has been won by a local author.
The Gordon Burn Prize was set up to support new writing talent, and its first recipient is Durham-born Ben Myers.
His novel Pig Iron - about the son of a bare knuckle fighter - impressed the judges, and he will now be able to spend up to three months at Gordon Burn's former writing retreat, putting the finishing touches to his next novel.
17 Dec 2013
- From the section Tyne & Wear