# Fiction
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This year
2024
intermezzo
New novel from acclaimed Irish author Sally Rooney to be published in September
29 Feb
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Last year
2023
Literature
Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov wins 2023 International Booker Prize
23 May 2023
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All time
Colm Tóibín
The Arts Council announces Colm Tóibín as the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024
20 Jan 2022
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get reading
Book lovers - here's the international fiction to watch out for in 2021
27 Dec 2020
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Booker Prize
Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo named as joint winners of 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction
14 Oct 2019
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The Second Sleep
Robert Harris: 'People ask if I'd write about Boris or Trump; and I say no, because it's meaningless'
21 Sep 2019
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northern heist
'Can you imagine how horrific that must be?': Ex-IRA man pens book about tiger robberies
28 Oct 2018
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turned off
Bad Sex Award 2017: Here's the worst example of writing about sex this year
1 Dec 2017
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Voices
Short story: 'When Blue Snowflakes Fall' by Eoin Dolan Lane
Eoin Dolan Lane
25 Nov 2017
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fighting words
Irish writers are pushing boundaries with books featuring abortion and marriage break-ups
7 Oct 2017
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reading between the loins
'My body was her gearstick' - The winner of the Bad Sex in Fiction Prize has been revealed
30 Nov 2016
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turned off
8 toe-curlingly awful lines from this year's Bad Sex in Fiction Award nominees
18 Nov 2015
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literary
These 7 Irish novels have been nominated for the world's most valuable literary prize
9 Nov 2015
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shots fired
Martin takes aim at 'Enda the Fireman', says Taoiseach 'promoting a fairytale'
28 Feb 2015
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way with words
This woman will be the face of Irish fiction for the next three years
29 Jan 2015
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BGEIBA
Obsession, sex, weight and women - welcome to the world of Only Ever Yours
9 Nov 2014
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Congrats
Irish author Eimear McBride wins £30,000 Baileys Prize for her debut novel
5 Jun 2014
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Voices
Column: What is Fan Fiction – and why is it making people nervous?
Stephen Downes
1 Mar 2014
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Books
Author Iain Banks has late stage cancer, says he has less than a year to live
3 Apr 2013
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Facepalm
Prepare to cringe: US author wins the Bad Sex in Fiction Award - and it's bad
7 Dec 2011
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Book Awards
Seamus Heaney to get lifetime award as Irish Book Awards shortlist released
20 Oct 2011
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