Rebecca Lloyd – Oothangbart is coming in 2016
Posted by Admin on Sep 15, 2015 in Latest News | 0 comments
Pillar International Publishing is proud to announce that we have signed Rebecca Lloyd’s book ‘Oothangbart‘ for publication in Autumn/Winter 2016.
If Roald Dahl, George Orwell, Samuel Beckett and Dr. Seuss had found themselves fused in a freak microwave accident, then the resultant author might have conceived of a novel such asOothangbart. A modern-day fable, set in the city of Oothangbart, it is brimming with humour, romance, satire, bagels and kites. It challenges us to question our understanding of feudal societies, democracy and the existence of Bristol.
Rebecca Lloyd writes short stories and the occasional novel. Some of her writing has been recognised in literary contests and has been published in anthologies and magazines. In many of her stories, elements of the fantastical are blended into the mundane – just as in real life. What interests her most is the inventive ways we deal with what life throws at us, and the ability many of us have to slip between our invented worlds and the shared world, as if travelling back and forth down a long worn path.
Amongst other work, she is the author of the novel, ‘Halfling’ (Walker Books 2011) and two collections of short stories, ‘Mercy’ a nominee for the World Fantasy Award 2015, (Tartarus Press 2014) and ‘The View from Endless Street’ (WiDo Publishing 2014).
(Photo (c) Rosie Tomlinson)
