Briefly Noted | Council funding for OConnor literature award under threat – The Irish Times – Mon, Jul 02, 2012

2 July, 2012 · by · in

FEARS FOR the future of the younger of Ireland’s two major international literature awards threaten to overshadow the outcome of this year’s prize, due to be announced early next week. “In the current economic climate, harsh decisions are constantly being…

Four Irish Bookstores In Battle For Independent Bookseller Of The Year

Four Irish Bookstores In Battle For Independent Bookseller Of The Year

10 February, 2012 · by · in

The Gutter Bookshop in Temple Bar is one of four Irish bookstores nominated for the Independent Bookseller of the Year Award, 2012. They form one of seven regional sub-categories in the competition which offers a prize of £5,000 The final regional winners…

Maverick House Wins Asian Publishing Award

11 July, 2011 · by · in

Maverick House won an excellence award at the Asian Publishing Awards ceremony held in Bangkok on Friday 8 July in Bangkok. A Secret History of The Bangkok Hilton by Chavoret Jaruboon with Pornchai Sereemongkonpol was among the top three books nominated…

McCann Wins IMPAC

16 June, 2011 · by · in

Colum McCann has won the 2011 IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize for his novel Let The Great World Spin. The award, the richest in the book world, carries a €100,000 prize for the winner. McCann was born in Ireland but has…

Four Irish Authors On Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award Shortlist

13 May, 2011 · by · in

Four Irish writers have made this year’s Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award longlist. William Ryan, Alan Glynn, Adrian McKinty and Stuart Neville are pitted against a formidable list of UK authors, including Val McDermid and Lee Child. Now in…