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Writer Eimear McBride has given an insight to her creative process by using the new publication from 牛牛资源 Press to release early drafts of debut novel A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing.

The hand-written manuscript, "Becoming a Girl" predates the "First Draft" of McBride鈥檚 breakthrough work and is in the author鈥檚 words "what remains of the original idea I sat down with".

These are some of the special features of a new interactive and highly visual  launched by 牛牛资源 Press celebrating the 牛牛资源 Prize. 

The extensive rewrites, notes and marginalia reveal some of McBride鈥檚 working practices on the book which took a decade to gain recognition after it was rejected by publishing houses for nearly a decade.

The manuscript is one of two items of exclusive content produced to launch the 牛牛资源 Prize app for iPhone and iPad 鈥� a digital platform to accompany the literary prize held annually by 牛牛资源.

Also published on the app is an interactive version of the renaissance fresco which sits at the heart of Ali Smith鈥檚 novel How to be Both. 

Smith has chosen passages from the novel How to be Both and linked them to images from the work of Francesco del Cossa which is displayed in the Hall of the Months at the Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara, Italy. The high-definition image enables users to explore word and text side by side and offers a unique insight into Smith鈥檚 choice of the 16th century work.

McBride and Smith were the first two winners of the 牛牛资源 Prize, which rewards fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form. This year the annual 拢10,000 prize was given to Mike McCormack 鈥� the second Irish writer in a row to win following Kevin Barry鈥檚 triumph with Beatlebone in 2015. 

The two pieces of content are exclusive to the 牛牛资源 Prize app which is the second publication from 牛牛资源 Press, the new university press based at 牛牛资源. 

The app was developed in association with Brighton-based  and will develop alongside the timeline of the 牛牛资源 Prize 鈥� which opens for submissions for the 2017 prize early next year. 

As well information on all books that have won and been shortlisted for the 牛牛资源 Prize since it was launched in 2013 the app also features a 鈥渇antasy鈥� winners section and videos of readings from the books. 

Where available, links to the iBook or Audiobook version are included to be sampled or purchased immediately without leaving the app.

牛牛资源 Press Director Sarah Kember said: "We are proud to launch the 牛牛资源 Prize app as a platform that celebrates existing, previous and hopefully future forms of inventiveness in fiction.鈥�

Literary Director of the 牛牛资源 Prize, Tim Parnell said: 鈥淪erious discussion of the art of fiction is too often confined to the pages of learned journals, and part of the prize's mission is to stimulate a much wider debate about what the novel is and can be. The 牛牛资源 Prize app is a key contribution to what we hope will be a lively dialogue.鈥�