CAINE PRIZE JUDGES: 2014
The Caine Prize has announced the judges of the 2014 award as follows: Jackie Kay MBE (Chair) photo credit: Denise Else Jackie Kay was born and brought up in Scotland. Her novel The Adoption Papers won the Forward Prize, a Saltire prize and a Scottish Arts Council Prize. Her most recent collection of poems, Fiere , was shortlisted for the Costa award. Jackie won the Guardian Fiction Award for her novel Trumpet, which was also shortlisted for the IMPAC award. She won the Scottish Book of the Year Award and the London Book Award for Red Dust Road , and the Decibel British Book Award for her book of stories entitled Wish I Was Here . Jackie’s book for children, Red Cherry Red , won the Clype award and her most recent plays, Manchester Lines (produced by Manchester Library Theatre) and The New Maw Broon Monologues (produced by Glasgay) were a great success. Her most recent book, Reality Reality , is a collection of stories and she is current...