Jenni Fagan has been awarded the £10,000 Gordon Burn Prize 2025 for Ootlin, published by Hutchinson Heinemann. 👇 #BookSky
Jenni Fagan wins the Gordon Burn Prize 2025 for 'haunting, beautiful' Ootlin
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March 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Jenni Fagan has been awarded the £10,000 Gordon Burn Prize 2025 for Ootlin, published by Hutchinson Heinemann. 👇 #BookSky
Ridel as my #envoy in #soulframe. I love this game so much already, can't wait for the next fable!!
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October 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Ridel as my #envoy in #soulframe. I love this game so much already, can't wait for the next fable!!
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January 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I FORGOT HIS FACE MARKINGS AHHHHH 😫
October 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I FORGOT HIS FACE MARKINGS AHHHHH 😫
I recently finished Jenni Fagan's extraordinary memoir 'Ootlin' which was unlike anything else I've read. Full review on my blog -
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Review: ‘Ootlin’ by Jenni Fagan
I recently finished Scottish poet and novelist Jenni Fagan’s extraordinary memoir Ootlin which was unlike anything I’ve read before. Jenni spent the first 16 years of her life in care, being passed…
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June 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I recently finished Jenni Fagan's extraordinary memoir 'Ootlin' which was unlike anything else I've read. Full review on my blog -
thebookhide.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/r...
#booksky #bookreview #reading #nonfiction
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#booksky #bookreview #reading #nonfiction
April 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Huge congrats to Jenni Fagan on her #GordonBurnPrize win with #Ootlin. One I need to get to very soon #books
March 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Huge congrats to Jenni Fagan on her #GordonBurnPrize win with #Ootlin. One I need to get to very soon #books
February 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Loved Possession, although it’s been many years since I’ve read it.
Currently reading Ootlin by Jenni Fagan.
Currently reading Ootlin by Jenni Fagan.
June 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Loved Possession, although it’s been many years since I’ve read it.
Currently reading Ootlin by Jenni Fagan.
Currently reading Ootlin by Jenni Fagan.
Book 17 / 2025
Jenni Fagan - Ootlin
JF's voice is like a crystalline radio wave in a world of crackles. This is my 3rd; her autobiography - & the one which explains all in a way, especially her astonishing clarity born of anger. Seriously tough at times, but still read in 48 hrs.
Jenni Fagan - Ootlin
JF's voice is like a crystalline radio wave in a world of crackles. This is my 3rd; her autobiography - & the one which explains all in a way, especially her astonishing clarity born of anger. Seriously tough at times, but still read in 48 hrs.
May 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Book 17 / 2025
Jenni Fagan - Ootlin
JF's voice is like a crystalline radio wave in a world of crackles. This is my 3rd; her autobiography - & the one which explains all in a way, especially her astonishing clarity born of anger. Seriously tough at times, but still read in 48 hrs.
Jenni Fagan - Ootlin
JF's voice is like a crystalline radio wave in a world of crackles. This is my 3rd; her autobiography - & the one which explains all in a way, especially her astonishing clarity born of anger. Seriously tough at times, but still read in 48 hrs.
The Delusions by Dr Jenni Fagan is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink #booksky
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The Delusions: The new novel from the award-winning author of Luckenbooth and Ootlin
The Delusions: The new novel from the award-winning author of Luckenbooth and Ootlin
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June 18, 2026 at 5:54 AM
The Delusions by Dr Jenni Fagan is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink #booksky
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Jenni Fagan’s memoir ‘Ootlin’ is about dislocation, ceaselessly moving through all kinds of placements in the broken UK care system. We spoke to Jenni about her book, inspirations and current reads – read here: www.womensprize.com/in-conversation-with-jenni-fagan/
February 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Jenni Fagan’s memoir ‘Ootlin’ is about dislocation, ceaselessly moving through all kinds of placements in the broken UK care system. We spoke to Jenni about her book, inspirations and current reads – read here: www.womensprize.com/in-conversation-with-jenni-fagan/
« Ootlin », par Jenni Fagan : voyage au bout de l’enfance
« Ootlin », par Jenni Fagan : voyage au bout de l’enfance
Un témoignage hallucinant sur la maltraitance des enfants. ★★★★☆
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February 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
« Ootlin », par Jenni Fagan : voyage au bout de l’enfance
I reviewed Ootlin by Jenni Fagan.
Ootlin by Jenni Fagan
I’ve been a fan of Jenni Fagan’s writing since her 2018 debut novel, The Panopticon, was published. Reading her memoir, Ootlin, it’s hard not to draw parallels between the central Panopticon cha...
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September 18, 2023 at 10:35 PM
I reviewed Ootlin by Jenni Fagan.
“Everything about it – the language, the rhythm, the approach, the subject, the author – conspires to make a beautiful, vital, difficult, human piece of art.”
—Jenni Fagan’s OOTLIN, her memoir of growing up in care, has won the 2025 Gordon Burn Prize
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—Jenni Fagan’s OOTLIN, her memoir of growing up in care, has won the 2025 Gordon Burn Prize
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Jenni Fagan’s ‘visceral’ memoir of growing up in care wins Gordon Burn prize
The author said she hopes resulting publicity ‘is used to help stop other children falling through all safety nets as I did repeatedly’
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March 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“Everything about it – the language, the rhythm, the approach, the subject, the author – conspires to make a beautiful, vital, difficult, human piece of art.”
—Jenni Fagan’s OOTLIN, her memoir of growing up in care, has won the 2025 Gordon Burn Prize
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
—Jenni Fagan’s OOTLIN, her memoir of growing up in care, has won the 2025 Gordon Burn Prize
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
New paperback. Picked this up in Stratford since I couldn't get it on Bookshop.org here in the US. #JanieReads2025 📚💙 #Booksky
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
New paperback. Picked this up in Stratford since I couldn't get it on Bookshop.org here in the US. #JanieReads2025 📚💙 #Booksky
A powerful, stunning, moving memoir about growing up in the Scottish care system.
Heartbreaking and important. This will stay with me for a long time.
I was already a fan of Jenni Fagan’s fiction, a super writer!
Longlisted for the nonfiction @womensprize.bsky.social
#books 💙📚💡
Heartbreaking and important. This will stay with me for a long time.
I was already a fan of Jenni Fagan’s fiction, a super writer!
Longlisted for the nonfiction @womensprize.bsky.social
#books 💙📚💡
February 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A powerful, stunning, moving memoir about growing up in the Scottish care system.
Heartbreaking and important. This will stay with me for a long time.
I was already a fan of Jenni Fagan’s fiction, a super writer!
Longlisted for the nonfiction @womensprize.bsky.social
#books 💙📚💡
Heartbreaking and important. This will stay with me for a long time.
I was already a fan of Jenni Fagan’s fiction, a super writer!
Longlisted for the nonfiction @womensprize.bsky.social
#books 💙📚💡
And...
From Scenes Like These by Gordon Williams
Her One Moment by Lianne Moriarty
Ootlin: A memoir by Jenni Fagan
Prey by Yrsa Sugurdardottir
Rejection by Tony Tulathimute
Shy Creatures by Claire Chambers
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack...
From Scenes Like These by Gordon Williams
Her One Moment by Lianne Moriarty
Ootlin: A memoir by Jenni Fagan
Prey by Yrsa Sugurdardottir
Rejection by Tony Tulathimute
Shy Creatures by Claire Chambers
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack...
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
And...
From Scenes Like These by Gordon Williams
Her One Moment by Lianne Moriarty
Ootlin: A memoir by Jenni Fagan
Prey by Yrsa Sugurdardottir
Rejection by Tony Tulathimute
Shy Creatures by Claire Chambers
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack...
From Scenes Like These by Gordon Williams
Her One Moment by Lianne Moriarty
Ootlin: A memoir by Jenni Fagan
Prey by Yrsa Sugurdardottir
Rejection by Tony Tulathimute
Shy Creatures by Claire Chambers
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack...
Ootlin is truly astonishing - delighted to see it there.
February 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Ootlin is truly astonishing - delighted to see it there.
Congrats to Jenni Fagan. Haven’t read Ootlin yet but I thought Luckenbooth was fantastic.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Jenni Fagan’s ‘visceral’ memoir of growing up in care wins Gordon Burn prize
The author said she hopes resulting publicity ‘is used to help stop other children falling through all safety nets as I did repeatedly’
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Congrats to Jenni Fagan. Haven’t read Ootlin yet but I thought Luckenbooth was fantastic.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
January 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Congratulations to Jenni Fagan! Her memoir OOTLIN won the wonderful Gordon Burn Prize last night. We were so proud for Rita Bullwinkel's HEADSHOT to be shortlisted - love and congratulations to Rita and her fellow shortlisted authors, but huge cheers to Fagan and her team 🎊
Jenni Fagan’s ‘visceral’ memoir of growing up in care wins Gordon Burn prize
Jenni Fagan’s ‘visceral’ memoir of growing up in care wins Gordon Burn prize
The author said she hopes resulting publicity ‘is used to help stop other children falling through all safety nets as I did repeatedly’
A memoir about growing up in care has won this year’s Gordon Burn prize.
Jenni Fagan was revealed as the winner of…
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Congratulations to Jenni Fagan! Her memoir OOTLIN won the wonderful Gordon Burn Prize last night. We were so proud for Rita Bullwinkel's HEADSHOT to be shortlisted - love and congratulations to Rita and her fellow shortlisted authors, but huge cheers to Fagan and her team 🎊
The @womensprize.bsky.social longlist is out today!! So thrilled to be able to celebrate these brilliant books, showcasing an astonishing range of expertise and creative approaches to non-fiction writing ❤️📚
February 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The @womensprize.bsky.social longlist is out today!! So thrilled to be able to celebrate these brilliant books, showcasing an astonishing range of expertise and creative approaches to non-fiction writing ❤️📚
A heart-breaking memoir by Jenni Fagan about her life in care, Ootlin:
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Ootlin
Version 1.0.0 When Jenni Fagan published her debut novel, The Panopticon, in 2012, about a fifteen-year-old girl growing up in the care system it was clear she had drawn on her own life experience …
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December 9, 2024 at 9:17 PM
A heart-breaking memoir by Jenni Fagan about her life in care, Ootlin:
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Finally got an hour for World Book Day so a bit of hush now please.
March 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Finally got an hour for World Book Day so a bit of hush now please.