I’m over the moon to share that THE CORAL BONES has been shortlisted for the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award. The Clarke Award is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. It’s such an immense honour to be shortlisted for this award and needless to say THE CORAL BONES is in amazing company.

The 2023 shortlist is:

VENOMOUS LUMPSUCKER by Ned Beauman (Sceptre)

THE RED SCHOLAR’S WAKE by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz)

PLUTOSHINE by Lucy Kissick (Gollancz)

THE ANOMALY by Hervé Le Tellier, translated by Adriana Hunter (Michael Joseph)

THE CORAL BONES by E. J. Swift (Unsung Stories)

METRONOME by Tom Watson (Bloomsbury)

The award winner will be announced on 16 August and you can read the full shortlist announcement here.