Wednesday, November 16, 2005

HERNE HILL RESIDENT ON SHORTLIST FOR £25K WHITBREAD AWARD


Rachel Zadok, 33 until recently a waitress at Pullens Dining Room, Herne Hill has been shortlisted for the Whiibread Award for her fiirst novel GEM SQUASH TOKOLOSHE. Its about the realtionship of a SouthAfrican girl and her mentally ill mother and reflects Rachel's own experiences in being brought up under the apartheid regime.
Earlier in the year she won a publishing deal via "RICHARD AND JUDY " programme on the strength of submitting the first chapter of this her first novel- there were 46,000 entries.
The Whitbread Award has five categories. The winners of the five categories then go forward for the Whitbread Book of the Year.
RACHEL' success has been extensivley covered in Wednesday's national dailies and will be on this evenings BBC regional News at 10.30 programme .
The Whitbread Award is one of the country's top literary prizes. The novel has already sold 45,000 copies.

go to www.londontimes.com then down to editors choice. Richard and Judy.......

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