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Kate O’Brien Award now worth £5,000
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Claire Power is new Poetry Ireland head
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Mary O’Malley wins Derek Walcott Prize
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John Boyne wins novel of the year in France
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Moira Buffini wins YA Prize
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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
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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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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
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Jane Casey and Stuart Neville shortlisted
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Andrew Krivák wins Moth Poetry Prize
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ILFD 2025 programme revealed
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Irish writers on Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist
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Irish writers in for British Book Awards
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Pollard poetry prize shortlist revealed
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Kevin Barry and Ferdia Lennon on Walter Scott Prize longlist
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Four Irish writers on Carnegie longlists
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Paul Muldoon appointed Saoi of Aosdána
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