Alycia Pirmohamed
A Beautiful and Vital Place
An urgent, captivating collection of essays about homelands, identity, and the resonances between our bodies and the landscapes we inhabit.
She receives a £10,000 publishing contract with Canongate and an offer of literary representation from Caro Clarke at Portobello Literary. Congratulations to Alycia and to all the shortlisted and longlisted authors.
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An urgent, captivating collection of essays about homelands, identity, and the resonances between our bodies and the landscapes we inhabit.
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