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Andy Charman, Rebecca Watson and Paul Mendez are among the authors who have been included on the longlist for the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize.
Named after the literary agent and publisher Desmond Elliott, the annual prize goes to a first novel written in English and published in the UK.
Charman’s Crow Court, Watson’s Little Scratch and Mendez’s Rainbow Milk are included on the longlist.
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The Manningtree Witches by AK Blakemore, Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times, How We Are Translated by Jessica Gaitan Johannesson and JA Mensah’s Castles From Cobwebs have also been included.
Shortlist revealed for £30,000 Rathbones Folio Prize
Shortlist (Rathbones Folio Prize/PA)
Sara Baume and Amina Cain are among the shortlisted authors for this year’s £30,000 Rathbones Folio Prize.
The prize is open to all genres across fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Baume has been shortlisted for her book Handiwork, which explores her creative process, while Cain’s novel Indelicacy about a cleaner at an art gallery is also in the running.
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Elaine Feeney’s As You Were, Poor by Caleb Femi and Rachel Long’s My Darling From The Lions are also shortlisted.
In The Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado, Doireann Ni Ghriofa’s A Ghost In The Throat and The Mermaid Of Black Conch by Monique Roffey complete the list.
The books that brought writers like Roddy Doyle and Tana French comfort in 2020
Irish and Ireland-based writers, including Roddy Doyle, Sinéad Gleeson and Tana French, tell us about the books that soothed them this year. By Aoife Barry Wednesday 30 Dec 2020, 6:30 PM Dec 30th 2020, 6:30 PM 14,479 Views 2 Comments
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Image: Shutterstock/simona pilolla 2
IN A YEAR where so much seemed strange and uncertain, books could provide an anchor and hope. Whether it was revisiting classics, buying the latest novel by an Irish writer, or even turning to a genre you wouldn’t normally choose, people could find a bit of solace in books.
Doireann Ni Ghriofa: ‘I don’t think we have anything to fear from the kingdom of the dead’ The bilingual poet’s book of prose A Ghost In The Throat – which won Irish Book of the Year at the An Post Book Awards – sees past and present, and the worlds of the dead and the living, circle and echo each other endlessly 19th December, 2020
Doireann Ní Ghríofa: ‘The manic performance of domestic labour can sometimes mean that your own whirlwind of thought gets switched off or slightly turned down.’ Photo: Clare Keogh
During the first Covid-19 lockdown, Doireann Ní Ghríofa found herself going each day to the graveyard in Tower, Co Cork, where she lives with her husband and four children.
A book about a famous lament for the 18th century mid Cork hero Art Ó Laoghaire has scooped the An Post Irish Book of the Year award for its Cork-based author.
Poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa s A Ghost In The Throat is an investigation by the writer of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, who wrote Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire/Lament for Art O Leary, and it also gives a personal insight into Doireann s own circumstances and experiences as she follows in the footsteps of Eibhlín Dubh.
The book takes us on a tour of many sites around Macroom and the general mid Cork area.