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Reviewed: Midwinter Break by Bernard McLaverty

An elderly married couple eat, drink, bicker and tease in Amsterdam on a January weekend break in Bernard McLaverty's fluent and absorbing tale, the author's first novel in sixteen years, now out in paperback.
Books • 31 Jan 18

The Bord Gais Energy Book Awards - and the nominees are...

Paddy Kehoe takes a look at the contenders in some of the major categories in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards.
Books • 27 Nov 17

Poetry Day: Atlantis - A Lost Sonnet by Eavan Boland

Our Poem Of The Week, presented in association with Poetry Ireland, is Atlantis — A Lost Sonnet by Eavan Boland, the recipient of this year's Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards.
Poetry • 26 Apr 18

The Bord Gais Energy Book Awards - we talk to the nominees

Ahead of this weekend's Bord Gais Energy Book Awards, we present interviews with a quintet of best-selling BGEBA nominees.
Books • 22 Nov 17

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