McCann Wins IMPAC
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…
Roderick Hunt Most Borrowed Author In Irish Libraries in 2010
Roderick Hunt, author of over 300 titles in the Oxford Reading Tree series, is Ireland’s most borrowed author for the second successive year with over 115,000 library loans. Daisy Meadows, creator of the Rainbow Magic series, was the second most-borrowed…
Northern Irish Writer Wins Costa Novel Prize
Northern Irish-born but London-based writer Maggie O’Farrell has won the Costa Novel Award category for her book, The Hand That First Held Mine. O’Farrell beat Irish author, Paul Murray who was nominated in the same category for his Skippy Dies. The award marks O’Farrell’s…
Four Irish Authors On The IMPAC 2011 Longlist
William Trevor, Colum McCann, Colm Toibin and Peter Murphy have made the longlist for the International Dublin IMPAC Literary Award 2011. Margaret Hayes, Dublin City Librarian announced that a total of 162 titles have been nominated for the €100,000 Award,…
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