Friday 30 July, 2021
From Irish to international authors, we have you covered.
McCann was nominated for his novel Apeirogon.
Atwood has been awarded for The Testaments and Evaristo has been awarded for Girl, Woman, Other.
The historical novelist spoke to TheJournal.ie about his new novel, The Second Sleep.
Irish author Kevin Barry had made the longlist for the 2019 awards. However, he did not make the shortlist.
Richard O’Rawe was one of the H-block Blanketmen during the Troubles, and has written previously about the life of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four.
Sally Rooney, Donal Ryan and Anna Burns will all compete for the award.
Sebastian Barry has been chosen as the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2018-2021.
The Bad Sex in Fiction Award goes to an outstandingly bad sex scene description in an otherwise good novel.
The Broken Spiral, an anthology of short stories which will raise funds for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
We talked to authors and people in the trade about how commercial fiction is tackling tough issues.
NSFW (or for life), obviously.
160 books were nominated by libraries in 118 cities and 44 countries worldwide.
Revisiting and exploring classic stories might seem a cynical exercise steeped in nostalgia, but it does allow for reflection and analysis.
In a blistering attack on Fine Gael, Micheál Martin said their party conference “may well have set a world record for the amount of arrogant self-praise”.
It was a unanimous choice.
Louise O’Neill’s debut novel has been getting rave reviews.
Maeve Brennan wrote incredible short stories and essays. A new play explores her work and legacy.
She spent more than a decade trying to get it published – and now it’s won one of the biggest prizes in literature.
It has become an internet sensation over the last decade, but not all is as it seems in the world of Fan Fiction, writes Stephen Downes.
A BMJ study has revealed that the spy consumed over four times the recommended weekly allowance of alcohol.
Costco was very apologetic after a pastor spotted the label.
A nutrition consultant weighs in on fried foods, soy, wheat and eggs.
The author of five novels passed away last night following a year-long cancer battle which she wrote about for TheJournal.ie last year.
The Scottish novelist said that he did not expect to live beyond a year.
The nominees for the 2012 Bad Sex Awards have been announced… Brace yourself.
Binchy’s long-term agent Christine Green said it was a bittersweet day because “we want to celebrate the book but we want her to be here too”.
A US university has announced the winner of a contest to find the worst-possible opening sentence to a novel. Warning: it’s pretty bad.
Readers of the late, great Irish author have been reminiscing on the Binchy novel that touched them – which one would you give to a friend who had never read her work?
It may lack wizard, witches and spells but the new title has booksellers excited.
How bad can sex writing be? Pretty bad, judging by this year’s entries to the Bad Sex in Fiction Award.
The Nobel laureate will be honoured at the Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards 2011.
Twenty-five-year-old Serbian-American Téa Obreht beat off competition from the favourite, Irish writer Emma Donoghue.
The annual Orange Prize for fiction by a woman will be awarded tonight. But why shouldn’t female artists compete with the boys, asks Eleanor Fitzsimons.
One of the award’s judges wasn’t pleased with the final decision, though. Carmen Callil resigned when she heard that the American author was being given the £60,000 literary prize.
