Jacob Ross

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Biography

Jacob Ross is the UK-based Grenadian author of the critically acclaimed works Tell No-One About This, Pynter Bender, Song for Simone, A Way to Catch the Dust. His crime fiction novel, The Bone Readers (Peepal Tree Press) won the inaugural Jhalak Prize in 2017. His latest book is Black Rain Falling (Hachette UK, 2020) was one of the Guardian’s Best Crime Books of the Month in 2020. 

Awards

2017 Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year Winner, Jhalak Prize

Years Attended

2016, 2016 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2016 Workshop Facilitator, 2018, 2018 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2018 Workshop Facilitator, 2019, 2019 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2021 Bios & Bookmarks Participant, 2022 Bocas UK Tour

Jacob Ross

Author
Grenada, UK
Events Featuring Jacob Ross
2022
Bocas UK Tour 2022 at the Belfast International Arts Festival
Bocas UK Tour Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
No Alibis Bookstore
2020
Tales of the islands: new fiction by Monique Roffey and Jacob Ross
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Online
2020
Sunday Launch
Festival Programme, Online Programme Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Online
2019
The Peepal Tree Book of Contemporary Caribbean Short Stories
Festival Programme Event
Book Launch Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2019
What every fiction publisher is looking for / Are writers born or made?
Festival Programme, Writers First Event
Presentation Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2018
Take Three: Keep it Short
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
An Island State Of Mind: So Many Islands
Festival Programme, Words Alive Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2018
Workshop: Short fiction, with Jacob Ross
Festival Programme, Workshops Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
2016
Peepal Tree Press at 30
Big Ideas, Festival Programme, In Tribute Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
2nd Floor Seminar Room
2016
Friday lunchtime jam
Festival Programme, Play On, Say It Loud Event
Performance Event
Event Date:
The Breakfast Shed
2016
Get a clue
Bloody Friday, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2016
Uncovering the plot: a crime fiction masterclass
Festival Programme, Workshops Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
1st Floor Seminar Room
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