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Book reviews: Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing and Queer Love are cause for celebration
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Words Ireland group calls for increased funding for arts sector in Budget 2021
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Jenny McCartney’s debut about a friendship in Northern Ireland is let down by the writing
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With nods to her Irish roots, ‘Bitter Orange’ reads like an assured, old-school classic
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Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
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Bookmarks: a round-up of the latest Irish literary news and listings
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Paul McVeigh describes the strange sensation of rereading his first adult short story and recalls how it evolved into his novel ‘The Good Son’, July’s ‘Irish Times’ Book Club choice
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The Good Son author Paul McVeigh talks to Monica Lavin, who visits Dublin this week, about turtle dung, Mary Lavin, short stories versus novels, memory and migration
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Authors are using new ways of writing to reflect a changed political environment
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