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Paul Lynch
Dublin-born writer’s The Bee Sting hailed as ‘fiction of the finest calibre’ at London ceremony
Anne Enright, Claire Kilroy and Megan Nolan in running for £30,000 fiction award
From cinema and theatre to television, folk music and literature, Ireland is enjoying unprecedented creative boom
In Operation Trumpsformation, Howard writes about Ross O’Carroll-Kelly’s father Charles, a corrupt local politician who has his eyes on greater power
Sebastian Barry, Joseph O’Connor, Claire Kilroy and Emma Donoghue up for €100,000 prize
Prophet Song pips Liz Nugent’s Strange Sally Diamond and Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting
Ireland has borne witness to one of the most significant periods in its modern literary history, a winning-streak that shows no sign of abating
Irish author on prizes, translations and being the second Laureate of Irish Fiction
It’s okay to gloat about our artistic accomplishments, fruits of a period of social turmoil
Before being shortlisted for the prize, Lynch’s book sold 2,643 copies. Last weekend that figure rose to 8,095
Irish Booker Prize winner reflects on his success, his writing roots and surviving cancer
Irish author’s fifth novel, set in an Ireland descending into chaos, is awarded £50,000 prize
In a Word: Dystopia dominates so much of modern literature, for obvious reasons
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