Queenie (novel)
ISBN 9781501196010 | |
Queenie is a new adult novel written by British author Candice Carty-Williams and published by Trapeze, an imprint of Orion, in 2019. The novel is about the life and loves of Queenie Jenkins, a vibrant, troubled 25-year-old British-Jamaican woman who is not having a very good year.[1] In 2023, Channel 4 announced that Queenie had been made into a television drama, created and executive produced by Carty-Williams and set to air in early 2024.
Background
In 2017 Queenie was the subject of an auction between four publishers and was eventually acquired for a six-figure sum by Orion.
Reception
Queenie received much positive critical attention,[8][9] described by reviewers as both a "smart and breezy comic debut"[10] and "astutely political, an essential commentary on everyday racism"[11] According to Diana Evans, Queenie is an "important political tome of black womanhood and black British life, a rare perspective from the margins",[4] and Afua Hirsch wrote in Time magazine: "Carty-Williams has taken a black woman’s story and made it a story of the age".[3] On the paperback publication of Queenie in February 2020, Kate Saunders wrote in The Times: "This is a funny, clever, heartbreaking lightning bolt of a first novel, by a writer bristling with talent."[12]
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Adaptation
A TV adaptation of Queenie has been announced as being in development for Channel 4,[28] with Carty-Williams as the screenwriter.[29] In August 2021, it was reported that the channel had commissioned an eight-episode drama series, with production starting in 2022.[30]
References
- ^ "Queenie". Kirkus Reviews. 12 November 2018.
- ^ Cowdrey, Katherine (29 September 2017). "Carty-Williams' debut Queenie lands six-figure deal". The Bookseller.
- ^ a b Hirsch, Afua (19 March 2019). "Don't Call Queenie a 'Black Bridget Jones.' This Book Is So Much More". Time.
- ^ a b Evans, Diana (12 April 2020). "Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams review – timely and important". The Guardian.
- ^ Butter, Susannah (25 April 2019). "Candice Carty-Williams: it's high time black women had a voice". Evening Standard.
- ^ Keegan, Hannah (3 April 2019). "Candice Carty Williams explains why Queenie will never be a 'black Bridget Jones'". Stylist.
- ^ "'Getting This Out Was Catharsis': Author Candice Carty-Williams On Book 'Queenie'", CBS Local, 25 November 2019.
- ^ Lloyd, Rachel (17 May 2019), "All you need to know about “Queenie” by Candice Carty-Williams", 1843.
- ^ "Book Marks reviews of Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams". Book Marks. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ Cummins, Anthony (16 April 2019), "Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams review – a smart and breezy debut", The Observer.
- ^ Malicka, Philly (17 July 2919), "Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, review: ‘An essential commentary on everyday racism'", The Telegraph.
- ^ Saunders, Kate (8 February 2020), "Our pick of the latest paperbacks, February 8, 2020", The Times.
- ^ Comerford, Ruth (16 March 2021). "Knights Of to publish YA novella from Candice Carty-Williams". The Bookseller. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Wood, Heloise (13 June 2019). "Candice Carty-Williams leaves Vintage". The Bookseller.
- ^ "WINNER Debut Author of the Year". YouTube. Blackwell's Bookshops. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Sherwin, Adam (30 October 2019). "Queenie: 'Black Bridget Jones' competes with Margaret Atwood for Waterstones Book of the Year 2019". i.
- ^ GNM Press Office (7 January 2020). "Candice Carty-Williams to become the Guardian's new books columnist". The Guardian.
- ^ Flood, Alison (26 November 2019). "Debut author of Queenie caps success with Costa prize shortlisting". The Guardian.
- ^ Hampson, Laura (27 November 2019). "The Costa Book Awards shortlist for 2019 has been announced". Evening Standard.
- ^ Broster, Alice (7 January 2020). "Debut Writers Win Big In 2019 Costa Book Award".
- ^ "The British Book Awards – A History". The Bookseller.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2020-06-30). "Evaristo and Carty-Williams become first black authors to win top British Book awards". The Guardian.
- ^ "Queenie author Candice Carty-Williams wins British Book Award". BBC News. 30 June 2020.
- ^ White, Adam (30 June 2020). "British Book Awards: Candice Carty-Williams becomes first black British author to win Book of the Year prize". The Independent.
- ^ Flood, Alison (3 March 2020). "Women's prize for fiction lines up 'heavy hitters' on 2020 longlist". The Guardian.
- ^ Fitzmaurice, Rosie (14 September 2020). "Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 winners announced". Evening Standard.
- ^ Katherine Cowdrey (14 September 2020). "Stibbe, Jones and Simmonds named CWIP winners". The Bookseller.
- ^ Broster, Alice (18 November 2019). "What You Need To Know About Candice Carty-Williams' 'Queenie' Being Adapted For Channel 4". Bustle. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ Carty-Williams, Candice (5 September 2020). "I won't let Covid-19 infect my television adaptation of Queenie". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ Bayley, Sian (24 August 2021). "Carty-Williams to create Queenie drama series for Channel 4". The Bookseller. Retrieved 25 August 2021.