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Introducing the Burning Books Ireland Podcast

If your house was on fire, what books would you save from the flames? The

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Cutting Edge Technology Collides with Culture at Carlow Arts Festival

Carlow Arts Festival, the first big cultural event of the summer, returns this June 2021.

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Haven – the new novel coming from Emma Donoghue in 2022

Picador have acquired a powerful and haunting new novel by Emma Donoghue, the bestselling author

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Award-Winning Museum 14 Henrietta Street Launches Three New Books

The award-winning museum 14 Henrietta Street has launched three new books that recount the history

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Words Ireland Survey of Writers for a Stronger, Fairer Literature Sector

Survey deadline: 27th May 2021 Words Ireland, a grouping seven literature organisations, is embarking on

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Announcing the 2021 Society of Authors’ Awards Shortlists

Celebrating the transformative power of the written word, in deeply personal stories of Scottish gang

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Raven Leilani’s Luster wins Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2021

New Yorker Raven Leilani has been awarded one of the world’s largest literary prizes for

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Celebrating 15 years of Quick Reads

One in six adults in the UK – approximately 9 million people – find reading

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Society of Authors’ Work in Progress Grants

The Society of Authors (SoA) has awarded 78 writers with a financial grant to support

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Line-up revealed for Essex Book Festival 2021

Essex Book Festival is thrilled to announce its spectacular extended summer programme, combining digital and in-person events with

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Nicholas Perry wins Best First Book Templer Medal Book Prize.

Major-General Oliver Nugent: The Irishman who led the Ulster Division in the Great War by Nicholas

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Shortlist announced for 2021 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography

“The art of studying people’s lives in close-up” – announcing the shortlist for the 2021

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Call for Submissions: AboutFACE Theatre Transatlantic Tales 2021

Submissions deadline: 18th April 2021 AboutFACE Theatre is inviting submissions from emerging Irish women playwrights

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The Wainwright Prize: Celebrating the Best in Nature Writing

Submissions deadline: 23rd April 2021 Submissions are now open for Wainwright Prize for nature writing

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Fraser Ayres’ Maynard wins 2021 Imison Award

The actor, writer and director Fraser Ayres has been awarded £3,000 for best original script

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Shortlist announced for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize

The shortlist for one of the world’s largest literary prizes for young writers – the

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YA Literary Journal Paper Lanterns Issue 4 – Launch 25th March 2020

Paper Lanterns is a new literary journal, founded in 2020. With 4 printed issues a

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The IET/Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Prize

Competition deadline: 14th May 2021 Are you a budding author? Have you ever noticed that

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Submissions for The Lilliput Press open until October 31st 2020

Submission deadline: 31st March 2021 The current submission window is open from 1 to 31

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Sinéad Crowley signs a new two-book deal with Head of Zeus

RTÉ’s Arts and Media Correspondent Sinéad Crowley has signed a two-book deal with UK publishing

Introducing the Burning Books Ireland Podcast

Cutting Edge Technology Collides with Culture at Carlow Arts Festival

Haven – the new novel coming from Emma Donoghue in 2022

Award-Winning Museum 14 Henrietta Street Launches Three New Books

Words Ireland Survey of Writers for a Stronger, Fairer Literature Sector

Announcing the 2021 Society of Authors’ Awards Shortlists

Raven Leilani’s Luster wins Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2021

Celebrating 15 years of Quick Reads

Society of Authors’ Work in Progress Grants

Line-up revealed for Essex Book Festival 2021

Nicholas Perry wins Best First Book Templer Medal Book Prize.

Shortlist announced for 2021 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography

Call for Submissions: AboutFACE Theatre Transatlantic Tales 2021

The Wainwright Prize: Celebrating the Best in Nature Writing

Fraser Ayres’ Maynard wins 2021 Imison Award

Shortlist announced for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize

YA Literary Journal Paper Lanterns Issue 4 – Launch 25th March 2020

The IET/Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Prize

Submissions for The Lilliput Press open until October 31st 2020

Sinéad Crowley signs a new two-book deal with Head of Zeus

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