Background
Born in London in 1980, Evie Wyld grew up on her grandparents" sugar cane farm in New South Wales although she spent most of her adult life in Peckham.
(Jake Whyte is the sole resident of an old farmhouse on an...)
Jake Whyte is the sole resident of an old farmhouse on an unnamed British island, a place of ceaseless rains and battering winds. It's just her, her untamed companion, Dog, and a flock of sheep. Which is how she wanted it to be. But something is coming for the sheep - every few nights it picks one off, leaves it in rags. It could be anything.
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From one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists, an emotionally powerful, award-winning novel about an outsider haunted by an inescapable past. Jake Whyte has retreated to a remote farmhouse on a craggy British island, a place of ceaseless rains and battering winds, with only her collie and a flock of sheep as companions. But something—or someone—has begun picking off her sheep one by one. There are foxes in the woods, a strange man wandering the island, and rumors of a mysterious beast prowling at night. And there is Jake’s relentless past—one she tried to escape thousands of miles away and years ago, concealed in stubborn silence and isolation and the scars that stripe her back. With exceptional artistry, All the Birds, Singing plumbs a life of fierce struggle and survival, sounding depths of unexpected beauty and hard-won redemption.
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Born in London in 1980, Evie Wyld grew up on her grandparents" sugar cane farm in New South Wales although she spent most of her adult life in Peckham.
Goldsmiths, University of London. Bath Spa University.
In The Guardian she recounts how as a child she suffered from viral encephalitis. She obtained a Bachelor from Bath Spa University and an Master of Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London, both in Creative Writing. In 2010 she was listed by The Daily Telegraph as one of the twenty best British authors under the age of 40.
In 2011 she was listed by the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Culture Show as one of the 12 Best New British Writers.
In 2013 she was included on the once a decade Granta Best of Young British Novelists List. She took over from Nii Parkes as Booktrust"s online "Writer in Residence" in 2010 before passing the baton on to Polly Dunbar.
Her second novel, All the Birds, Singing was published in February 2013 and concerns an Australian sheep farmer working on an English hill farm. 2013 Granta list of 20 best young writers.
( From one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists, an e...)
(Jake Whyte is the sole resident of an old farmhouse on an...)