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# costa book awards

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Sally Rooney and Donal Ryan have been shortlisted for the prestigious Costa Novel Award

Both of the authors were also longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize.

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Nov 23rd 2018, 10:56 AM

Three Irish authors shortlisted for major UK book award

The Costa Book Awards is the only major book prize open only to authors resident in Britain and Ireland.

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Nov 22nd 2017, 10:41 AM