How to Be Both

How to Be Both
First Edition cover, featuring photograph of Sylvie Vartan and Françoise Hardy by Jean-Marie Périer.
The photograph is mentioned in the novel, George being likened to the image of Sylvie Vartan.
AuthorAli Smith
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHamish Hamilton
Publication date
August 2014
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages372
ISBN978-0375424106
Preceded byArtful 
Followed byAutumn 

How to Be Both is a 2014 novel by Scottish author Ali Smith, first published by Hamish Hamilton.[1] It was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize[2] and the 2015 Folio Prize.[3] It won the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize,[4][5] the Novel Award in the 2014 Costa Book Awards and the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.[6]

  1. ^ Editions of How to be both by Ali Smith Retrieved 2015-02-17.
  2. ^ The Man Booker Prize 2014 Retrieved 2015-02-17.
  3. ^ "Home Page 2022 | the Rathbones Folio Prize". www.thefolioprize.com. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  4. ^ "New Statesman | The shortlist for the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize has been announced". New Statesman. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Ali Smith wins Goldsmiths Prize for How to be Both". BBC News. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  6. ^ Lusher, Adam (3 June 2015). "Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 winner: Ali Smith triumphs with How to Be Both". The Independent. Retrieved 17 June 2015.