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McBride, Schofield and McCormack - Winner to be announced on November 9

Irish authors short-listed for Goldsmiths Prize

The Irish authors Eimear McBride and Mike McCormack and the Irish-Canadian writer Anakana Schofield have been short-listed for the Goldsmiths Prize for fiction. The prize, which awards "boldly original fiction", is worth £10,000 sterling.

Culture • 12 Oct 16

Novelist WP Kinsella who has died aged 81.

Field of Dreams novelist WP Kinsella dies, aged 81.

Canadian novelist WP Kinsella, who wrote the book that became the hugely successful film Field of Dreams, has died, aged 81.

Culture • 19 Sep 16

Paul Howard with the (in)famous ROCK plaque in Kielys of Donnybrook

Ross O’Carroll Kelly. Big in Ireland. And er...Belize

It's probably no surprise to learn that everyone's favourite Southside himbo is a millionaire. Well at least in book sales anyway.

Culture • 13 Sep 16

Lisa McInerney: TV adaptation on the way

Lisa McInerney’s Glorious Heresies to be adapted for TV

Lisa McInerney's award winning debut novel The Glorious Heresies is set to make the transition to the small screen after the TV rights were snapped up.

Headlines • 09 Sep 16

Garth Greenwell: What Belongs To You may well be the most acclaimed debut novel in English this year in terms of press coverage

The Other Garth: Mr Greenwell's Bulgarian adventure

Garth Greenwell’s debut novel, What Belongs to You, has received a loud welcome from fellow novelists such as Claire Messud, Hanya Yanagihara and Edmund White, as well as near-ecstatic praise from critics.

Books • 01 Sep 16

Rowling goes the whole Hogwarts with new Potter stories

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has announced that three new Pottermore Presents e-books will be released next month.

Headlines • 24 Aug 16

Ann O'Loughlin's new novel is based on the practice of committing family members to Irish asylums for perceived moral weakness

Amazon star Ann O'Loughlin back with The Judge's Wife

Clare author Ann O'Loughoin's first novel, The Ballroom Café sold 300,000 copies in e-book format alone, and it has been sold to six countries already, including the USA. Her second novel, The Judge's Wife, has just been published.

Culture • 24 Aug 16

Glenn Patterson and the bizarre tale of John Zachary DeLorean: `I made this all up, apart from the bits you just couldn't,' runs the terse author's note.

Glenn Patterson's Gull charts the DeLorean debacle

Gull – just published in paperback – appears on the 35th anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strike, when John DeLorean’s ill-fated sports car dream was realised - but briefly - on the outskirts of Belfast.

Books • 30 Aug 16

Parker said McInerney's book was "completely fulfilling, devastating and perfectly captures life in the city of Cork"

'Fecking brilliant!' SJP hails author Lisa McInerney

Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker has become the latest fan of Irish author Lisa McInerney's award-winning debut novel The Glorious Heresies, describing it as "a book and tale to be reckoned with".

Headlines • 24 Aug 16

Tom Cruise starred as Lestat in the movie version of Interview with a Vampire

New Vampire novel due from Anne Rice

Anne Rice's new novel features the vampire Lestat, whom readers first encountered in her 1976 novel, Interview with The Vampire, which was later filmed by Neil Jordan, starring Tom Cruise as the eponymous vampire.

Culture • 31 Aug 16

The book sold for far in excess of its listed price

Rare first edition of Peter Rabbit sells for over €51,000

A first edition of world-famous children's book The Tale Of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter has sold for far in excess of its estimate after it fetched £43,400 (€51,400) at auction today.

Culture • 28 Jul 16

Thomas Kinsella: we discovered him at school in Soundings, and his work continues to fascinate

Late Poems by Thomas Kinsella

Many of us first came to know the poems of Thomas Kinsella at school as we delved into Soundings to study Another September and Mirror in February. The poet deserves revisiting and close attention, particularly in these Late Poems.

Book • 22 Dec 21

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