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A plethora of prizes and a new festival A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest news
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This Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offer is the No 1 bestseller, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. When you buy the paper at any store, you can buy the book for 4.99, a saving of 5 euro. Saturday’s pages feature Darragh Geraghty’s selection of the best new audiobooks for summer; an interview by Alex Clark with Valeria Luiselli, winner of the Dublin Literary Award for Lost Children Archive; an extract from Sinead O’Connor’s new memoir, Rememberings; an interview by Amy O’Connor with Caroline O’Donoghue about her new YA novel; and Declan Kiberd reflects on Bob Dylan at 80, filtered through the latest crop of books about the great man.
With Laurent Binet, Jenny Erpenbeck and Anna Kim.
This is an online event hosted on the British Library platform. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time. Writing the World for European Literature Night will explore civilisations, boundaries, and the drivers behind cultural exchange.
Laurent Binet lives and works in France. His first novel,
HHhH, won the Prix Goncourt du premier roman.
The 7th Function of Language won the Prix de la FNAC and Prix Interallié. His latest work,
Civilisations (Harvill Secker) has won the Grand Prix de l Académie française and is now translated into English by Sam Taylor.