Emma Martin wins a Commonwealth Writers prize

New Zealand writer Emma Martin has won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2012 with her story Two Girls in a Boat.

Shehan Karunatilaka, Sri Lanka, won the Commonealth Book Prize with Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Vintage Publishing, Random House India.

Congratulations to both of these writers. Read the judges' comments on the Commonwealth Writers website - http://bit.ly/MxknKI 

See an interview with Emma Martin - http://bit.ly/KYw0OF