Naomi Alderman’s story in A Cage Went in Search of a Bird, 'God’s Doorbell’, has been shortlisted for the ALCS Tom Gallon Trust Award, administered by the Society of Authors:
‘Incantatory, spell-binding and resonant’ – announcing the 2025 Society of Authors’ Awards shortlists - The Society of Authors
Meanwhile, Ali Smith has published a new novel, Gliff, which builds on themes from ‘Art Hotel’, her story in the anthology.
A Cage Went in Search of a Bird was specially commissioned by Abacus Books to commemorate the centenary of Kafka’s death in 2024, in collaboration with Kafka's Transformative Communities.
Reflecting on the collaboration, Anna Kelly, Publishing Director at Little, Brown, says:
'The idea for the book A Cage Went in Search of a Bird came from conversations with Carolin Duttlinger about Kafka’s centenary celebrations and her suggestions for the book helped to spark the initial ideas for fantastic stories by prize-winning, world-renowned authors. For example her suggestion of using fragments of The Blue Octavo Notebooks as inspiration was the starting point for wonderfully original and creative stories by Ali Smith, Charlie Kaufman and Naomi Alderman, and her guidance on Kafka’s treatment of ideas about Jewishness and Judaism helped to shape Naomi Alderman’s story ‘God’s Doorbell’.'
You can view our interview with Anna Kelly here: https://youtu.be/74FHn7hX8RA
