Edmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal is one of the world's leading ceramic artists, and his porcelain is held in many major museum collections. His bestselling memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes won the Costa Biography Award and the RSL Ondaatje Prize. It was also shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize, the PEN/Ackerley Prize and the Southbank Sky Arts Award for Literature. It was longlisted for the Orwell Prize and BBC Samuel Johnson Prize. Edmund was named New Writer of the Year at the 2010 Galaxy National Book Awards
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Last night at the launch down at Pier 9 on Sydney Harbour, we waited with bated breath as Chip Rolley announced the 2012 Sydney Writers’ Festival program. It was definitely worth the wait – this year we’re being treated to a spectacular program and we’re really excited about all of the international and local Random House authors who will be appearing at the festival. With...
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Books by Edmund de Waal
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The Hare With Amber Eyes: The Illustrated Edition
by Edmund de WaalPublished: 25/10/2011
An utterly irresistible full-colour illustrated edition of the No 1 bestselling and prizewinning memoir
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The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
by Edmund de WaalPublished: 01/03/2011
The history of a family through 264 objects - set against a turbulent century - from an acclaimed writer and potter
