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Ross Raisin's God's Own Country (Viking) has won the Guildford Book Festival First Novel Award 2008, it was announced last night (15th October).
Raisin received £2,500, which was presented to him by sponsor Jackie May. Chair of the judging panel was Andrew Holgate, literary editor of the Sunday Times.
The other shortlisted books were: Pollard by Sarah Beatty (Chatto); The Paradise Trail by Duncan Campbell (Headline Review); The Peachgrowers' Almanac by Elaine de Rolli (Chatto); The Outcast by Sadie Jones (Vintage); Monster Love by Carol Topolski (Penguin); and A Dark Enchantment by Roland Vernon (Black Swan).
Raisin's novel is also shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, to be announced on 10th November.