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# Irish Writers

Last month
May 2023
# What To Know
Brendan Behan and Stanley Tucci: A guide to International Literature Festival Dublin 2023
The team behind the International Literature Festival Dublin share their highlights from this year’s programme.
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May 9th 2023, 4:32 PM
Voices
Analysis: Behan wrote his columns like a garrulous, gregarious personality commanding attention
Professor John Brannigan of UCD says the late writer’s column for The Irish Press showed a Dublin marked by distinctive speech patterns and cultural habits.
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May 1st 2023, 7:30 AM
This year
2023
# Irish Writers
Daily Poll: Do you find time to read books?
For many it can be hard to find the time to sit down with a good book.
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Feb 6th 2023, 12:05 PM
All time
# Quiz
How well do you know your Irish literature?
The Museum of Irish Literature is set to open at Stephen’s Green later this month.
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Sep 8th 2019, 9:00 PM
# Summer Reads
'You'll be hooked': 7 books that won't let you down for a holiday read, according to Irish writers
We asked authors to share the books they find themselves going back to, again and again.
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May 29th 2019, 1:40 PM
# Children's Books
4 events for... literature lovers to bookmark at Dublin Book Festival
A weekend of storytelling, exhibitions, and panel discussions featuring Ireland’s finest literary figures.
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Nov 14th 2018, 3:58 PM
# literary
These 7 Irish novels have been nominated for the world's most valuable literary prize
160 books were nominated by libraries in 118 cities and 44 countries worldwide.
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Nov 9th 2015, 11:00 AM
# Brill-ately
An Post's anniversary tribute to Seamus Heaney is beautiful
For when you want to rest the squat pen between finger and thumb and, you know, write a letter…
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Aug 28th 2014, 2:05 PM
# wordy competitors
Two Irish novelists have been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
So was Englishman David Mitchell, who lives in Co Cork.
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Jul 23rd 2014, 12:59 PM
Voices
Video column: Remembering one of Ireland’s most controversial writers
In this the penultimate episode in The Dubliners series, Brendan Behan’s godson fondly remembers him.
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May 25th 2014, 7:30 PM
Voices
Interview: Challenges have always existed for writers, but now they need even more support
It’s easy to see why young writers could be put off by projects with no guarantee of success but new playwrights need to make a leap of faith – they are the future of theatre, says Thomas Conway.
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Aug 8th 2013, 1:00 PM
Voices
Column: Why Irish ‘chick lit’ is the true barometer of our time
Following in the footsteps of Maeve Binchy, Irish female authors are capturing what really matters to people today, writes novelist Michelle Jackson.
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Jan 1st 2013, 7:30 PM
# Pop quiz
Can you identify these Irish literary quotations?
Go on, give it a go…
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Oct 13th 2012, 9:15 AM
# Oscar Wilde
Signed copy of The Importance of Being Earnest fetches $362,500 at Sotheby's
A signed first edition of Oscar Wilde’s play was bought for several times the estimate at a Sotheby’s auction in New York.
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Apr 21st 2012, 1:38 PM