Belfast has a healthy literary scene, closely connected with Queen’s University, whose creative writing tutors include poets Gail McConnell and Stephen Sexton
Jan Carson
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Author says Derry Girls gave her and others ‘license to tell the other side of the Troubles’
A look at the brightest debuts and collections from this year's emerging authors
Seven well known readers and writers share the books they'll be giving and getting this Christmas
Book review: Ho Sok Fong has written an inventive, troubling second collection
Jan Carson’s captivating novel should hopefully earn her international recognition
Jan Carson on identity, Northern Ireland and her new novel, The Fire Starters
Debut collection of 21 short stories whose cleverness is hampered by a lack of restraint
It is fifty shades darker as submissive sex and rubber-clad gimps vie for attention
New Fiction: Kirsy Logan’s imaginative collection highlights the importance of storytelling
Publisher Seán O’Keeffe says he is sorry and vows to address the situation on payments
Carson’s invention and vigour with language draws on the poetic vision of Bob Dylan and her knowledge of the linguistic difficulties of dementia
A near-future dystopia, an engaging short story debut mostly set in Meath
A modern, multiracial Ireland forms the backdrop of an ambitious debut collection
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