Amnion
Stephanie Sy-Quia
Winner of Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection at the Forward Poetry Prizes
Amnion is a contemporary lyric epic, journeying from the Philippines to Libya, through France, Spain, and the UK. This debut collection of poems questions keenly and urgently the roots of migration and colonialism, charting what it means to grow up in a family divided by geography, history and language.
Amnion feeds into the history of Homeric, epic verse with ambitious scope, grace and erudition, promising to be one of the most significant texts on contemporary personhood.
2022 in Highlights
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Fiction|Issue 160
I Am the Word for God and Boy
Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
‘I felt as though we had all been blown into the air by an explosion, and that we might just keep floating up and up into the universe, untethered by gravity.’ An excerpt from Aidan Cottrell-Boyce’s debut novel, The End of Nightwork.
Fiction|The Online Edition
Touch Me Like One of Your Island Girls: A Love Story
Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
’WANTED: ISLAND GIRL DARK HAIR, BROWN SKIN, PIDGIN ACCENT.’ A short story by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
Fiction|The Online Edition
The Unfolding
A.M. Homes
’There are many Americas; the language and the brand of orange juice might be the same, but they are very different places.’ An excerpt from A.M Homes’ latest novel
Granta Books Writing|The Online Edition
First Rites
Anna Della Subin
An excerpt from Anna Della Subin’s Accidental Gods
Essays & Memoir|The Online Edition
Lice
A. K. Blakemore
A new essay from the author of The Manningtree Witches
Writing by Granta Books Authors
Scattered All Over the Earth
Yoko Tawada
‘You don’t understand. The country where I used to live is now gone.’
From Another World
Evelina Santangelo
An excerpt from the novel From Another World, translated from the Italian by Ruth Clarke.
Earthlings
Sayaka Murata
An excerpt from Earthlings, translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori.
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News, Prizes & Events
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed and Wars of the Interior Shortlisted for the Premio Valle Inclán
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez and Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate are shortlisted for the Premio Valle Inclán prize, which celebrates translations into English from Spanish.
Nick Laird Wins Forward Prize for Best Single Poem
Nick Laird has won the 2022 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem for his elegy ‘Up Late’, first published in Granta 156.
Stephanie Sy-Quia Wins Forward Prize
Stephanie Sy-Quia’s Amnion is the winner of the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection at the 2022 Forward Prizes.
