Books 2013

Waterstones has released its Debut Authors to watch in 2013. Nice to see Irish author Donal Ryan and Dublin born Kevin Maher in the mix.


Pig's Foot by Carlos Acosta (Bloomsbury, 30 October)


Idiopathy by Sam Byers (Fourth Estate, 25 April)

Y by Marjorie Celona (Faber and Faber, 17 January)

The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence (Hodder & Stoughton, 31 January)

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Picador, 29 August)

The Fields by Kevin Maher (Little, Brown, 7 March)

The Son by Michel Rostain (Tinder Press, 23 May)

The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan (Doubleday Ireland, 27 June)

Marriage Material by Sathnam Sanghera (William Heinemann, 26 September)

Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi (Viking, 4 April)

Ballistics by DW Wilson (Bloomsbury, 1 August)