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John Boyne wins second top French prize

Books newsletter: Prix Femina; Storylines Europe, Write-Time and Yarn festivals; Prix de Traduction; Goldsmith & Baillie Gifford Prizes

Children’s Booker Prize launched

Books newsletter: Circling the Square; Listowel curator appointed; Ballyscullion Park Book Festival; Bridport Prize for Irish writer

New Louise Kennedy novel out next year

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

John Boyne wins novel of the year in France

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Caoilinn Hughes: on BBC short story award shortlist

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Sally Rooney up for Sky Arts Award

Books newsletter: Festival of Italian and Irish Literature in Ireland; Baillie Gifford longlist; Paul Lynch honoured; John Banville celebrated; Knowth wins EAA Book Prize; Cundill History Prize; Norah Houklt plaque; BOY premiere; preview of tomorrow’s pages

Julia Roberts to narrate Leonard and Hungry Paul

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Moira Buffini wins YA Prize

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Jennifer Johnston day announced in Dún Laoghaire

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Gate announces cast for Poor

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Alvy Carragher and Ali Choudhary win Eavan Boland Award 2025

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Lucy Steeds’ The Artist wins Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize

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Amanda Cassidy signs big book deal

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Vona Groarke is new Ireland Professor of Poetry

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Amelia Loulli wins Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of Saturday’s pages

Two Irish writers up for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest news

Yael van der Wouden and Rachel Clarke win Women’s Prizes

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Siobhán Flynn and Sarah Davy win Mairtín Crawford Awards

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Irish writers up for CWA Dagger awards

Books newsletter: UCD and West Cork History Festivals; Timothy O’Grady launches; North at 50

Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits wins Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award

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Pigott Poetry Prize shortlist revealed

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Gustav Parker Hibbett wins John Pollard Prize

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Listowel literary festival’s fresh start

Books newsletter: Bullaun and Gallery on major shortlists; Ballyscullion Book Festival; Poetry trail

Jane Casey and Stuart Neville shortlisted

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Tana French on Gold Dagger shortlist

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Andrew Krivák wins Moth Poetry Prize

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary news

ILFD 2025 programme revealed

Books newsletter: Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s French award; Hubert Butler Essay Prize; Ewart-Biggs Prize; Strokestown poetry shortlist; Global Book Crawl; preview of tomorrow’s pages

Irish writers on Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages; Young Writer of the Year Award; Eoin McNamee and fallow journal launches; AE George Russell Spring School

Kelly McCaughrain on Carnegie Medal shortlist

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages; Bridge Books wins; Franco-Irish Literary Festival; George Moore conference; One Dublin One Book; Belfast Book Festival; Flighty Creatures; MoLI-PWC tie-in

Irish writers in for British Book Awards

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages; Nero Gold Prize; book deals for Ana Kinsella, Edie May Hand and Ruth Ennis; radio specials; Sheila Armstrong nominated; IWC events; President’s gifts

Pollard poetry prize shortlist revealed

Books newsletter: Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award; Irish Writers Centre events; ACIS award for Arlen House; Cló Iar-Chonnacht and Cúirt turn 40; Seachtain na Gaeilge

Kevin Barry and Ferdia Lennon on Walter Scott Prize longlist

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages; Bookseller of the Year; Young Writer of the Year; Louise O’Neill’s six-figure deal; Limerick poetry night; Children of the Famine Trilogy

Four Irish writers on Carnegie longlists

Books newsletter: screen deals; UL Creative Writing Festival; Ennis Book Club Festival; Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction; ILF Dublin agent dates

Paul Muldoon appointed Saoi of Aosdána

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Trinity Library showcases modern greats

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and round-up of the latest news

University writers in residence unveiled

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages; Dylan Thomas Prize; Classics Now; The Last Boy; Mick Herron award; Susan Cahill longlisted; Working-Class Writers’ Prize; Laureate na nÓg mentoring

Kate O’Brien Prize shortlist revealed

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Dead poets live at the Gate

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Irish Times Eason offer is Jane Casey’s The Outsider

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Franco-Irish literary award shortlist revealed

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages; Yeats Winter School; Strokestown International Poetry Competition

Sebastian Barry is named a Chevalier in France’s Ordre des Arts et Lettres

Books newsletter: Kavanagh fellowships; poets on RTÉ; cultural boycott of Israel; BBC story award judges; a preview of Saturday’s pages

Susannah Dickey’s ISDAL wins PEN Heaney Prize

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages; Nollaig na mBan; Pavilion shows; Polari Prizes; RSL Jerwood Poetry Awards; Dingle Lit Short Story competition

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