Occupation Writer, Lecturer Role Writer Name Nathan Filer | Nationality British Movies Oedipus | |
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Books The Shock of the Fall, The Shock of the Fall (Special, Where the Moon Isn't: A Novel, Best Fiction Debuts 2013: Fre, The Shock of the Fall Free Sam | ||
Notable works The Shock of the Fall | ||
The shock of the fall nathan filer is the winner of the costa book of the year 2013
Nathan Filer is a British writer best known for his debut novel, The Shock of the Fall. This won several major literary awards, including the Costa Book of the Year and the Betty Trask Prize. It was a Sunday Times Bestseller, and has been translated into thirty languages.
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- The shock of the fall nathan filer is the winner of the costa book of the year 2013
- How to write an award winning bestselling first novel nathan filer tedxyouth bath
- Life and career
- Novels
- Awards and honours
- References
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Life and career
Filer was born in Bristol in 1980. He attended the Ridings High School, a large secondary school located in the village of Winterbourne in South Gloucestershire. In 2002 he trained as a psychiatric nurse gaining a degree in Mental Health Nursing from the University of the West of England and later worked in mental health research at the University of Bristol.
He also worked as a performance poet contributing regularly to festivals and spoken-word events across the UK, including Glastonbury, Latitude, Shambala, Port Eliot and the Cheltenham Literature Festival. His poetry has been broadcast on television and radio, including BBC Radio 4's Bespoken Word and Wondermentalist Cabaret. In 2005 Filer's comedy short film Oedipus won the BBC Best New Filmmaker Award and numerous international prizes.
The Shock of the Fall describes the life of a boy from Bristol dealing with his grief at the death of his brother, and experience of mental health care services for schizophrenia. Reviewing the book in The Psychologist, Caroline Flurey writes, "This is a beautifully poignant book, written with sympathy and sensitivity, well deserving of its Costa Book of the Year award."
Filer has written on a range of issues for The Guardian. A story he wrote for The New York Times that described working with the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine was adapted for an episode of the Israeli prime time radio show, Israel Story, featuring Filer and his partner. He has also been a panelist on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club, BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking and BBC Radio 4's Open Book, Front Row, All in the Mind and the Today Programme. In 2017 he presented an Archive on 4 documentary entitled The Mind in the Media in which he explored representations of mental illness and their impact.
Filer has been awarded the honorary degree of Master of Letters from the University of the West of England and the honorary degree of Doctor of Liberal Arts from Abertay University. These degrees were conferred in recognition of his role in raising awareness through literature and his commitment to mental health care.
He holds a master's degree in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, where he is a Reader and Senior Lecturer.