Keiran Goddard

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Keiran Goddard is a British novelist, poet and social commentator from Shard End, Birmingham.

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Novels

His debut novel, Hourglass, was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize. [1] The novel was praised by Nina Renata Aron in The Los Angeles Times, and received a more critical review from Alyssa Songsiridej in The Toronto Star . [2] [3]

Goddard's second novel is I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning [4] [5] In a review for The Guardian, Barney Norris described it as "a multivocal narrative focusing on a working-class community in Birmingham." [6] Kirkus Reviews praised the book's "extraordinary writing", but noted "[the five narrators] seem uncommonly reflective and articulate, even when drunk or stoned or suicidal." [7] The novel was published internationally and nominated for the Gordon Burn Prize. [8]

It is also being adapted for film [9] by Enda Walsh and Clio Barnard for BBC Film. It will star Daryl McCormack, Joe Cole, Lola Petticrew, Anthony Boyle, Jay Lycurgo, Millie Brady and Lucie Shorthouse. [10]

Other writing

Goddard writes regularly for The Guardian and The Observer. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Introducing the Desmond Elliott Prize longlist 2022". National Centre for Writing | NCW. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  2. ↑ Aron, Nina Renata (2023-02-14). "A debut novel's funny Valentine to love in all its icky absurdity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  3. ↑ Songsiridej, Alyssa (2023-04-02). "The Shortlist: Novels about love". The Toronto Star. pp. T10. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  4. ↑ Norris, Barney (2024-02-22). "I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning by Keiran Goddard review – growing up and apart". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  5. ↑ "An Unkillable Streak of the Utopian". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2025-06-09. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  6. ↑ Norris, Barney (2024-02-24). "Growing up and apart: A tragedy severs five friends from their past". The Guardian. p. 52. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  7. ↑ I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING | Kirkus Reviews.
  8. ↑ Vickers, Carys (2024-12-10). "Longlist announced for Gordon Burn Prize 2025". New Writing North. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  9. ↑ "Screen Daily".
  10. ↑ Ritman, Alex (2025-04-04). "Clio Barnard Sets Next Feature 'I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,' Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack and Lola Petticrew to Star (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  11. ↑ Goddard, Keiran (2025-03-06). "Flesh by David Szalay review – brilliantly spare portrait of a man". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-04-05.
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