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Shirley Keane: my panic purchase was a trampoline

At home with... RTÉ lyric FM's Shirley Keane

There was a lot of baking, says Shirley Keane, tersely casting a seasoned eye back to days of lockdown. Nothing too extreme, queen cakes and Victoria sponge being the height of my culinary abilities, modestly notes RTÉ lyric FM presenter.

At home with... • 15 Aug 20

Anne Enright is nominated for her acclaimed novel The Green Road

Anne Enright on €100k Dublin Literary Award shortlist

Irish author Anne Enright has been shortlisted for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award, the world's most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English.

anne enright • 11 Apr 17

Fallen is set against momentous First World War and Easter Rising events and is the One City One Book choice this year for Dublin and Belfast.

Lia Mills - Fallen

It's Spring 1915 and Katie Crilly learns that her twin brother, Liam, has been killed on the Western Front. A year later, the Easter Rising begins and Katie has conflicting loyalities in Lia Mills' novel, a One City One Book 2016 choice.

Book Reviews • 19 Aug 16

Enright and Baume - Had been nominated for their books The Green Road and Spill Simmer Falter Wither respectively

No Irish joy at Costa Book Awards

There was disappointment for Dublin writer Anne Enright and Cork-based author Sara Baume at the Costa Book Awards on Monday night as their shortlisted novels missed out on the overall category prizes.

Entertainment • 05 Jan 16

Ireland's Laureate for Fiction was one of 13 authors on the longlist for the £50,000 prize

Anne Enright misses out on Booker shortlist

The shortlist for the 2015 Man Booker Prize has been announced, but there is disappointment for Irish author Anne Enright and her new book, The Green Road.

Entertainment • 15 Sep 15

Anne Enright's The Green Road: Irish hopes

Irish hopes on Enright for Man Booker shortlist

The Man Booker shortlist will be announced on Tuesday with Irish author Anne Enright's latest novel, The Green Road, in contention.

Entertainment • 14 Sep 15

Anne Enright has been included on the longlist for this year's Man Booker Prize

Anne Enright makes Man Booker Longlist

Irish author and Laureate for Fiction Anne Enright has been included in the longlist for this year's Man Booker prize for her novel The Green Road.

Entertainment • 29 Jul 15

Critics warm to Enright's The Green Road

Anne Enright’s latest novel, The Green Road, has received mostly unqualified praise from the critics on both sides of the Atlantic.

Entertainment • 26 May 15

Man Booker prize-winning fiction writer Anne Enright numbers among the distinguished participants at the International Literature Festival.

International Literature Festival runs May 16-24

Irvine Welsh, John Gray, Anne Enright, Jon Ronson, Peter Carey, Oliver Jeffers, Alexander McCall Smith, Paul Muldoon will be appearing at the International Literature Festival Dublin, from Saturday May 16 to Sunday May 24.

Entertainment • 14 Apr 15

Enright will "explore the world" of her new book The Green Road

Enright, Carey, Ronson for ILF Dublin in May

Laureate for Irish Fiction Anne Enright, her fellow Man Booker winner Peter Carey and Jon Ronson are among the writers taking part in the International Literature Festival Dublin, which will run across the city from May 16 to 24.

Entertainment • 26 Mar 15

Enright - "It is a great honour to be chosen"

Anne Enright named Laureate for Irish Fiction

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has announced that novelist Anne Enright has been selected as the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction and will begin her three-year term this month.

Entertainment • 30 Jan 15

Look! New books on the way in 2015

Over the coming weeks, RTÉ TEN will reveal the exciting new fiction on the way in 2015. Here are five to be going on with.

Entertainment • 29 Dec 14

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