There is no pain, too, in The Fog Line by Carol Birch (Bloomsbury, £12.95).

Left: in Carol Birch's The Fog Line, a damaged child lurks within an unsure adult.

Followed an evening of storytelling by Carol Birch.

A novel, Scapegallows by Carol Birch based on her life was published in 2007.

I believe Carol Birch will win (her book is on my pile to read) or Stephen Kelman if they go for a first-timer.

"Jamrach's Menagerie," by Carol Birch, pub date June 14th.

I am most excited about Carol Birch's Jamrach's Menagerie but I can't see it winning.

Carol Birch (b Manchester 1951) is a British novelist and attended Keele University.

More than one person told me that apart from Julian Barnes, Patrick deWitt and Carol Birch they hadn't found much to interest them.

Jamrach's Menagerie is a 2011 novel by Carol Birch.