Background
Although born in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, Tim Pears grew up in the village of Trusham on the edge of Dartmoor where his father was the rector.
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In the Place of Fallen Leaves
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This overwhelmingly hot summer everything seems to be slowing down in the tiny Devon village where Alison lives, as if the sun is pouring hot glue over it. 'This idn't nothin',' says Alison's grandmother, recalling a drought when the earth swallowed lambs, and the summer after the war when people got electric shocks off each other. But Alison knows her grandmother's memory is lying: this is far worse. She feels that time has stopped just as she wants to enter the real world of adulthood. In fact, in the cruel heat of summer, time is creeping towards her, and closing in around the valley.
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In The Place Of Fallen Leaves
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In a Land of Plenty
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A remarkable follow-up to Tim Pears' well-received debut novel, "In the Place of Fallen Leaves", this heartbreaking, astonishing novel concerns the coming of age of one British family's children .
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In the Light of Morning by Tim Pears (29-Jan-2015) Paperback
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Blenheim Orchard
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Book by Tim Pears
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Disputed Land
(Leonard and Rosemary Cannon summon their middle-aged offs...)
Leonard and Rosemary Cannon summon their middle-aged offspring, along with partners and children, to the family home in the Welsh Marches for the Christmas holiday. As the gathered family settle in to their first Christmas together for some years, the grown siblings - Rodney, Johnny and Gwen - are surprised when they are invited to each put stickers on the furniture and items they wish to inherit from their parents. "Disputed Land" is narrated by Leonard and Rosemary's thirteen-year-old grandson, Theo, who observes how from these innocent beginnings age-old fissures open up in the relationships of those around him. Looking back at this Christmas gathering from his own middle-age - a narrator at once nostalgic and naive - Theo Cannon remembers his imperious grandmother Rosemary, alpha-male uncle Johnny, abominable twin cousins Xan and Baz; he recalls his love for his grandfather Leonard and the burgeoning feelings for his cousin Holly. And he asks himself the question: if a single family cannot solve the problem of what it bequeaths to future generations, then what chance does a whole society have of leaving the world intact?
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Tim Pears
Edit ProfileEducation
He also made short films, and in 1993 graduated from the Direction course at the National Film and Television School.
Career
His novels explore social issues as they are processed through the dynamics of family relationships. He left school at sixteen and worked in a wide variety of jobs: farm labourer, nurse in a mental hospital, painter and decorator, college night porter and many others He wrote the script for a feature film, Loop, produced by Michael Riley (film producer) at Sterling Pictures released in 1999.
He has had several features published in the Observer Sport Monthly magazine.
In a Land of Plenty was made into a ten-part drama series for the British Broadcasting Corporation by Sterling Pictures (with TalkBack Productions), broadcast in 2001. Tim Pears was Writer in Residence at Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 2002-2003, and Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Oxford Brookes University 2006-2008 and 2011-2012.
He has been a Writer in Residence for First Story at Larmead School, Abingdon 2009-2014. He has taught creative writing for the Arvon Foundation, Oxford University, and Ruskin College, among others
In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Achievements
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1993 Ruth Hadden Memorial Award for In the Place of Fallen Leaves 1994 Hawthornden Prize for In the Place of Fallen Leaves 1996 Lannan Literary Award (Fiction) 2011 Medical Journalists Association Book of the Year for Landed 2011 Ondaatje Prize short list for Landed 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award short list for Landed.
Works
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In a Land of Plenty
(A remarkable follow-up to Tim Pears' well-received debut ...)
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Disputed Land
(Leonard and Rosemary Cannon summon their middle-aged offs...)
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In the Place of Fallen Leaves
(This overwhelmingly hot summer everything seems to be slo...)
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Blenheim Orchard
(Book by Tim Pears)
- In the Place of Fallen Leaves
- In The Place Of Fallen Leaves
- In the Light of Morning by Tim Pears (29-Jan-2015) Paperback
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In a Land of Plenty
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Nationality
United Kingdom
Awards
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International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; Lannan Literary award; Hawthornden Prize 1993 Ruth Hadden Memorial Award for In the Place of Fallen Leaves 1994 Hawthornden Prize for In the Place of Fallen Leaves 1996 Lannan Literary Award (Fiction) 2011 Medical Journalists Association Book of the Year for Landed 2011 Ondaatje Prize short list for Landed 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award short list for Landed The Hawthornden Prize is a British literary award that was established in 1919 by Alice Warrender.; The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and the company IMPAC. At €100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world.International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; Lannan Literary award; Hawthornden Prize 1993 Ruth Hadden Memorial Award for In the Place of Fallen Leaves 1994 Hawthornden Prize for In the Place of Fallen Leaves 1996 Lannan Literary Award (Fiction) 2011 Medical Journalists Association Book of the Year for Landed 2011 Ondaatje Prize short list for Landed 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award short list for Landed The Hawthornden Prize is a British literary award that was established in 1919 by Alice Warrender.; The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and the company IMPAC. At €100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world.
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International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; Lannan Literary award; Hawthornden Prize 1993 Ruth Hadden Memorial Award for In the Place of Fallen Leaves 1994 Hawthornden Prize for In the Place of Fallen Leaves 1996 Lannan Literary Award (Fiction) 2011 Medical Journalists Association Book of the Year for Landed 2011 Ondaatje Prize short list for Landed 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award short list for Landed The Hawthornden Prize is a British literary award that was established in 1919 by Alice Warrender.; The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and the company IMPAC. At €100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world.International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; Lannan Literary award; Hawthornden Prize 1993 Ruth Hadden Memorial Award for In the Place of Fallen Leaves 1994 Hawthornden Prize for In the Place of Fallen Leaves 1996 Lannan Literary Award (Fiction) 2011 Medical Journalists Association Book of the Year for Landed 2011 Ondaatje Prize short list for Landed 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award short list for Landed The Hawthornden Prize is a British literary award that was established in 1919 by Alice Warrender.; The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and the company IMPAC. At €100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world.