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Donegal author Paul Lynch wins the prestigious 2023 Booker Prize

Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker Prize for his fifth novel Prophet Song. Lynch was born in Limerick and grew up in Malin from the age of nine months and later on Carndonagh. His ‘Prophet Song’ stood out among an impressive array of literary ...

26 Nov 2023 at 22:36

Arts & Entertainment

Irish author shortlisted for Booker Prize with shortest novel in contest's history

Irish author Claire Keegan has been shortlisted for this year's prestigious Booker Prize 2022. Small Things Like These joins the six-strong shortlist at 116 pages, making it the shortest book in terms of pages in the prize’s history. The ...

07 Sept 2022 at 10:57

Features

McHugh's Miscellany: The new ‘prophets’ who are constructing the parables of tomorrow

There was a certain sense of irony in the minds of many when Paul Lynch’s book 'Prophet Song' scooped this year’s prestigious Booker Prize in London over the weekend. A dystopian tour de force, the book looks at an Irish republic under ...

30 Nov 2023 at 17:13

National News

2023 Booker Prize longlist ‘defined by its freshness’ as nominees announced

A novel written from the perspective of a neurodivergent protagonist is among the 13 books making up the 2023 Booker Prize longlist. The prestigious prize recognises pieces of fiction from around the world. This year a third of the ...

01 Aug 2023 at 11:54

Inishowen MD

Booker Prize-winner Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song is most-sold book of 2023

Paul Lynch’s Booker Prize-winning novel Prophet Song was the most-sold book in Ireland and UK in 2023. Before being shortlisted for the prize in July, Lynch’s book sold 2,643 copies and he captured the 2023 Booker Prize for his ...

10 Jan 2024 at 20:12

What's On

Author of story which inspired An Cailín Ciúin coming to Donegal

This year’s Allingham Arts Festival lineup is certainly a promising one, and a highlight for many will be the participation of Claire Keegan. The acclaimed short story writer and novelist is the author of Foster which inspired ...

12 Aug 2022 at 00:20

National News

Two Irish authors on 2023 Booker Prize shortlist

Irish authors Paul Lynch and Paul Murray are among six novelists shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023. This year’s shortlist was announced on Thursday by chairwoman of the judges, Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan, at the newly ...

21 Sept 2023 at 21:35

'It would be ungracious of me to complain' - Acclaimed Irish writer addresses Booker snub

Arts & Entertainment

'It would be ungracious of me to complain' - Acclaimed Irish writer misses out on Booker nod

While critics have welcomed the fact four Irish writers have made this year’s Booker Prize long list, there has also been criticism that Anne Enright, Dublin-based literary star and former winner of the much coveted ...

29 Aug 2023 at 10:30

National News

Novel ‘simulates events already occurring’, says Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch

Irish author Paul Lynch said his Booker prize-winning novel about Ireland’s descent into dictatorship was based on events which were “already occurring”. The writer, whose novel Prophet Song won him the prestigious ...

27 Nov 2023 at 14:40

National News

Irish author Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize 2023 with Prophet Song

Irish author Paul Lynch said he thought he was “dooming” his career by writing Prophet Song before winning the 2023 Booker Prize. The 46-year-old, who lives in Dublin, was presented with his trophy by last year’s ...

26 Nov 2023 at 23:04

National News

Being shortlisted for Booker is ‘truly transformative’ for career: Paul Lynch

Paul Lynch has said being shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize is “truly transformative” for a writer’s career. The 46-year-old, who lives in Dublin, was given the nod on Thursday at the newly reopened National ...

22 Sept 2023 at 13:08

Arts & Entertainment

Interview with Booker-nominated Sebastian Barry: 'There’s a huge amount of humour in it, in being alive'

With a fifth nomination for the prestigious Booker Prize under his belt, one may be forgiven for assuming author Sebastian Barry has an ego the size of a thousand moons. On the contrary, his humility and ...

03 Aug 2023 at 16:33

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