We are so pleased and proud to announce that Selva Almada has won the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s 2019 First Book Award with her debut novel “The Wind that Lays Waste”.

The novel has been translated into English by Chris Andrews and published by Charco Press in UK and by Graywolf in USA.

Read the full announcement here: https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/news/first-book-award-winner-announced-argentinian-writer-selva-almada

Congratulations Selva! You deserve it!