In today’s author spotlight, we meet the brilliant Andrew O’Hagan. Hailed as one of the most exciting and serious chroniclers of our times, he has been nominated for the Booker Prize three times, was voted one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists in 2003, and won the E.M. Forster Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is Editor-at-Large of the London Review of Books and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Born and educated in the west of Scotland, his work is wide-ranging and uses both fiction and non-fiction to explore what it means to live in society today. Andrew’s latest book Caledonian Road unpicks the privilege and corruptions of life in London, and tests the creaking foundations of the United Kingdom.
You can find out more about Andrew at his website.
Andrew will open Islay Book Festival on Thursday 29th August. The event will be chaired by the excellent Glenn Campbell, and there will also be music from Taylor Strickland and Alan Windram. Some tickets are still available for this event, so make sure to get yours now!