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Nathan Filer is a British writer, lecturer and broadcaster. He is best known for his debut novel, The Shock of the Fall (2013), which won the Costa Book of the Year and the Betty Trask Prize. It became a Sunday Times bestseller and was translated into thirty languages.
Nathan Filer was born in Bristol in 1980 and attended Ridings High School in South Gloucestershire. In 2002, he trained as a psychiatric nurse and gained a first-class degree in Mental Health Nursing from the University of the West of England. He later worked in mental health research at the University of Bristol. His background in nursing has informed much of his writing, which often addresses mental health and trauma.
The Shock of the Fall tells the story of Matthew, a young man struggling with grief after his brother's death. The narrative follows his experiences with psychiatric services as he tries to understand both the loss and his diagnosis of schizophrenia.
The novel was praised for its sensitivity and depth. Caroline Flurey, reviewing in The Psychologist, called it “a beautifully poignant book, written with sympathy and sensitivity, well deserving of its Costa Book of the Year award.”
Beyond fiction, Nathan Filer has written essays and articles for publications including the Guardian, the New York Times and HuffPost. His BBC Radio 4 documentary The Mind in the Media (2017), which examined portrayals of mental illness, was shortlisted for a Mind Media Award. He has also performed widely as a poet at festivals such as Glastonbury, Latitude and Cheltenham, with work broadcast on radio and television.
His non-fiction book The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia (2019), also published as This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health, was a Sunday Times Book of the Year and longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize. The charity Rethink Mental Illness named it one of their best books of the decade.
Filer presented the podcast Why Do I Feel? (2021), which explored human emotions and won a Silver Medal at the 2022 Radio Academy ARIAS awards. In 2023, he completed a PhD in Creative Writing and received the Big Anxiety Prize for advancing the discussion of mental health. He holds an Honorary Doctorate in Liberal Arts from Abertay University and is a Reader in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
Photo credit: www.nathanfiler.co.uk
Nathan Filer was born in Bristol in 1980 and attended Ridings High School in South Gloucestershire. In 2002, he trained as a psychiatric nurse and gained a first-class degree in Mental Health Nursing from the University of the West of England. He later worked in mental health research at the University of Bristol. His background in nursing has informed much of his writing, which often addresses mental health and trauma.
The Shock of the Fall tells the story of Matthew, a young man struggling with grief after his brother's death. The narrative follows his experiences with psychiatric services as he tries to understand both the loss and his diagnosis of schizophrenia.
The novel was praised for its sensitivity and depth. Caroline Flurey, reviewing in The Psychologist, called it “a beautifully poignant book, written with sympathy and sensitivity, well deserving of its Costa Book of the Year award.”
Beyond fiction, Nathan Filer has written essays and articles for publications including the Guardian, the New York Times and HuffPost. His BBC Radio 4 documentary The Mind in the Media (2017), which examined portrayals of mental illness, was shortlisted for a Mind Media Award. He has also performed widely as a poet at festivals such as Glastonbury, Latitude and Cheltenham, with work broadcast on radio and television.
His non-fiction book The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia (2019), also published as This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health, was a Sunday Times Book of the Year and longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize. The charity Rethink Mental Illness named it one of their best books of the decade.
Filer presented the podcast Why Do I Feel? (2021), which explored human emotions and won a Silver Medal at the 2022 Radio Academy ARIAS awards. In 2023, he completed a PhD in Creative Writing and received the Big Anxiety Prize for advancing the discussion of mental health. He holds an Honorary Doctorate in Liberal Arts from Abertay University and is a Reader in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
Photo credit: www.nathanfiler.co.uk
years of life: 1980 – present
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