John Loveday: Publications, Awards, Citations, Reviews
Short Stories:
in Pick of Today’s Short Stories; Transatlantic Review
Poetry:
Several small press collections; radio; television
(Editor)
Over the Bridge, new poems (Kestrel/ Puffin, 1981)
Particular Sunlights, selected poems, (Headland, 1986)
Drama:
You’ve Been a Long Time, Alfred (BBC2, 1972/1973)
(also produced in ‘fringe’ theatre, with sequel.)
Novels:
Halo (Fourth Estate, 1992; Hodder, Sceptre pbk, 1994)
(Harcourt Brace, San Diego, 1994)
(Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin, 1995)
(Unionsverlag, Zurich, 1998)
Goodbye,Buffalo Sky (Bloomsbury,1997)
(Simon & Schuster, Margaret McElderry Books,1998
(Xenion, Budapest, 1997)
Halo:
McKitterick Prize, 1992
David Higham Award for Fiction, 1992
Commonwealth Writers Prize (runner-up, Eurasian section, 1992)
‘Some Recommended Western Fiction’ (twenty titles, covering the whole period of novels of the West ) American Library Association
Goodbye, Buffalo Sky:
Best Children’s Book, 1997, The Writers Guild of Great Britain
Shortlisted for Angus Book Award, 1997
Extracts from Reviews of HALO
From Booklist (American Library Association)
An eerie sense of timelessness pervades the lyrical narrative as both the past and the future are virtually annihilated by the consequence of the moment. An absorbing metaphysical rendering of the mythic West. Margaret Flanagan
From Library Journal (USA)
Halo surpasses most Western fiction on this side of the Atlantic by somehow transcending its own setting. David Dodd, Benicia P.L., Cal.
From Kirkus Reviews
A haunting story told with unaffected elegance.
From Mittelbayerische Zeitzung
Seldom does one find such sensitivity and delicacy in contemporary fiction.
From Osnabrucher Zeitung
Mood paintings contrast with harsh reality, and they give beauty and plausibility to the poetic narration.
From Sachische Zeitung
Loveday is the right man to lead us on this journey through the Wild West, and into adulthood, so that one is spellbound – filled with compassion.
From BBC Kaleidoscope
Loveday has done what Joyce did with Ulysses, what Mark Twain did with Huckleberry Finn: he has brought out the mythic quality in a place. A marvellous book. Brenda Maddox
From Prof. Barbara Hardy, in citation for the McKitterick Prize, 1992
‘ the best new novel I’ve read for ages.’
Reviews, Goodbye, Buffalo Sky
‘Memorable’ THE TIMES
‘Exceptionally fine’ DAILY MAIL
‘Vividly chronicalled’ THE GUARDIAN
‘Realistic, often funny, full of menace’ SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
GOODBYE, BUFFALO SKY
Best Children’s Book Award, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, 1997
Citation
An unusual treatment of the classic Western genre, combining a strong narrative line with a sensitive approach to such issues as friendship and loyalty, racism and persecution, desecration of the environment, courage and even genocide. An evocative, gripping and exciting story containing elements of suspense, adventure and challenge.
Selected for Books for the Teen Age, 1998, New York Public Library.
Shortlisted for the Angus Award, 1997 (Scotland).
Nominated for the Carnegie Medal, 1997.
Short Stories:
in Pick of Today’s Short Stories; Transatlantic Review
Poetry:
Several small press collections; radio; television
(Editor)
Over the Bridge, new poems (Kestrel/ Puffin, 1981)
Particular Sunlights, selected poems, (Headland, 1986)
Drama:
You’ve Been a Long Time, Alfred (BBC2, 1972/1973)
(also produced in ‘fringe’ theatre, with sequel.)
Novels:
Halo (Fourth Estate, 1992; Hodder, Sceptre pbk, 1994)
(Harcourt Brace, San Diego, 1994)
(Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin, 1995)
(Unionsverlag, Zurich, 1998)
Goodbye,Buffalo Sky (Bloomsbury,1997)
(Simon & Schuster, Margaret McElderry Books,1998
(Xenion, Budapest, 1997)
Halo:
McKitterick Prize, 1992
David Higham Award for Fiction, 1992
Commonwealth Writers Prize (runner-up, Eurasian section, 1992)
‘Some Recommended Western Fiction’ (twenty titles, covering the whole period of novels of the West ) American Library Association
Goodbye, Buffalo Sky:
Best Children’s Book, 1997, The Writers Guild of Great Britain
Shortlisted for Angus Book Award, 1997
Extracts from Reviews of HALO
From Booklist (American Library Association)
An eerie sense of timelessness pervades the lyrical narrative as both the past and the future are virtually annihilated by the consequence of the moment. An absorbing metaphysical rendering of the mythic West. Margaret Flanagan
From Library Journal (USA)
Halo surpasses most Western fiction on this side of the Atlantic by somehow transcending its own setting. David Dodd, Benicia P.L., Cal.
From Kirkus Reviews
A haunting story told with unaffected elegance.
From Mittelbayerische Zeitzung
Seldom does one find such sensitivity and delicacy in contemporary fiction.
From Osnabrucher Zeitung
Mood paintings contrast with harsh reality, and they give beauty and plausibility to the poetic narration.
From Sachische Zeitung
Loveday is the right man to lead us on this journey through the Wild West, and into adulthood, so that one is spellbound – filled with compassion.
From BBC Kaleidoscope
Loveday has done what Joyce did with Ulysses, what Mark Twain did with Huckleberry Finn: he has brought out the mythic quality in a place. A marvellous book. Brenda Maddox
From Prof. Barbara Hardy, in citation for the McKitterick Prize, 1992
‘ the best new novel I’ve read for ages.’
Reviews, Goodbye, Buffalo Sky
‘Memorable’ THE TIMES
‘Exceptionally fine’ DAILY MAIL
‘Vividly chronicalled’ THE GUARDIAN
‘Realistic, often funny, full of menace’ SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
GOODBYE, BUFFALO SKY
Best Children’s Book Award, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, 1997
Citation
An unusual treatment of the classic Western genre, combining a strong narrative line with a sensitive approach to such issues as friendship and loyalty, racism and persecution, desecration of the environment, courage and even genocide. An evocative, gripping and exciting story containing elements of suspense, adventure and challenge.
Selected for Books for the Teen Age, 1998, New York Public Library.
Shortlisted for the Angus Award, 1997 (Scotland).
Nominated for the Carnegie Medal, 1997.