Jarred McGinnis was chosen by The Guardian as one of the UK’s ten best emerging writers. His debut novel The Coward was selected for BBC 2’s Between the Covers, BBC Radio 2’s Book Club and listed for the Barbellion Prize. The French edition won the First Novel Prize and was selected for the prestigious Femina prize. He is the winner of the 2023 Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award. His second book There is No Meant to Be was published by Harvill in 2026.
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The writer on the emotional candidness of the book Collapse by Édouard Louis, prehistoric paintings in Chauvet Cave, the haunting beauty of Greer Lankton's artwork, the film No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook and Wetopia's approach to sustainable tourism.
1st April 2026
Jarred McGinnis
Jarred McGinnis is a writer and has been chosen by The Guardian as one of the UK’s ten best emerging writers.