Young Adult Writing Competition For Dublin Book Festival
The Dublin Book Festival has launched a new writing competition for young writers aged between 12 and 14. The teenagers are being asked to write and submit a story between 500 and 1000 words in length for the chance to…
Dublin Book Festival Set For March 2011
Dates for the Publishing Ireland organised Dublin Book Festival have been announced. The event will run from Wednesday 2 March until Sunday 6 March two more days than previous festivals. Jean Harrington, President of Publishing Ireland said, ‘We are delighted…
The Slap Tops Irish Booker Sales
Sales for Christos Tsiolkas’ The Slap are well ahead of the rest of the Booker Longlisted titles with 7,151 paperbacks sold up to 7th August. The Australian born author has sold more than twice as many books as his closest…
Two Irish Writers On The Booker Short list
Irish authors Emma Donoghue and Paul Murray have been included in the 2010 Man Booker longlist where they join eleven other authors on this year’s 13 strong list. Donoghue’s Room, is published by Picador and Murrary’s Skippy Dies is published…
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