The Republic of Consciousness Prize 2021 Longlist

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PUBLISHERS, AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS ON THE 2021 REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS LONGLIST

The list features ten books from ten small presses across the U.K. and Ireland. The books range from a Caribbean Island in 1976 to a city built on the corpse of God; they feature Glenn Gould, Ludwig van Beethoven and Hildegard von Bingen; there are books that make the fictional seem as real as you and I, and books which spin fact into fiction. There are short books and long books, and those written in English next to those translated into English. We love them all. We hope you’ll find something you love here too.

For the first time, all books on our longlist will receive funding from the prize, with each publisher receiving £1,000 - a total of £10,000 distributed between out longlist. A further £10,000 will be split between our shortlisted books, which will be announced in late March. The full longlist is below, ordered alphabetically by publisher:

•A Musical Offering by Luis Sagasti, tr. Fionn Petch (Charco Press)

•The Appointment by Katharina Volckmer (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

•Mordew by Alex Pheby (Galley Beggar Press)

•Mr. Beethoven by Paul Griffiths (Henningham Family Press)

•Unknown Language by Huw Lemmey and Hildegard von Bingen (Ignota Books)

•Lote by Shola von Reinhold (Jacaranda Books)

•The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey (Peepal Tree Press)

•Men and Apparitions by Lynne Tillman (Peninsula Press)

•Alindarka's Children by Alhierd Bacharevic, tr. Jim Dingley & Petra Reid (Scotland Street Press)

•A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa (Tramp Press)