Authors
Lize Spit
Lize Spit (b. 1988), living in Brussels, gained a master’s degree in screenplay writing and has also written prose and poetry, published in several magazines. In 2013 she won both the jury prize and the readers’ prize at WriteNow!, a prestigious writing competition. Her debut novel The Melting was published to widespread acclaim and became an instant bestseller. Rights have been sold to more than 10 countries.
Books
Events
11 Oct
Girlhood, Interrupted: Lize Spit and Nancy Tucker
Together with Octavia Bright Lize Spit and Nancy Tucker discuss their powerful portrayals of early trauma and the very different ways it can shape an adult life.
10 Oct
Lize Spit at Durham Book Festival
Lize Spit and Thora Hjörleifsdóttir will be discussing their novels alongside their translators, Kristen Gehrman and Meg Matich.
19 Jul
Jaap Robben & Lize Spit
Novelists Jaap Robben and Lize Spit will be in conversation with Dutch-English translator Michele Hutchison. The event will also feature readings by David Doherty who translated Jaap's novel Summer Brother into English and Kristen Gehrman, the translator of Lize's novel The Melting.
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