Moses MacKenzie:   In conversation with Lawrence Hoo

Moses MacKenzie: In conversation with Lawrence Hoo

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The dazzling debut novel about love, faith and community, by an electrifying new voice.

One of the Observer’s 10 must-read debut novelists of 2022

A Guardian novel of the year 2022

Soho House Breakthrough Writer award 2022 winner

Shortlisted for the Writers’ Guild Best First Novel award 2023

‘A rare glimpse into the harsh realities of street life and love in luminous prose, rendered with sensitivity and without sentimentalism’.

Moses McKenzie is of Caribbean descent and grew up in Bristol where his debut, An Olive Grove in Ends, is set. Moses was born in 1998 and wrote this book aged 21. Three years later, it is now being turned into a TV series for Pulse Films. His writing is strongly influenced by his literary heroes, including James Baldwin and Maya Angelou.

   ** Breaking News** – Moses has just been awarded this years Hawthornden Prize for Literature!