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# Literature

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Irish author Eimear McBride wins £30,000 Baileys Prize for her debut novel
She spent more than a decade trying to get it published – and now it’s won one of the biggest prizes in literature.
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Jun 5th 2014, 9:37 AM
Radars used to hunt for remains of Don Quixote author
Miguel de Cervantes died in poverty on 22 April, 1616.
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Apr 28th 2014, 3:30 PM
Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Prize-winning writer, has died
The Colombian writer was 87.
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Apr 17th 2014, 10:56 PM
Meet the Kerry author chosen to take part in Twitter's literary festival
The Twitter Fiction Festival has 52 authors telling their own original stories within the restrictions of 140 characters.
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Mar 8th 2014, 8:45 AM
Column: What is Fan Fiction – and why is it making people nervous?
It has become an internet sensation over the last decade, but not all is as it seems in the world of Fan Fiction, writes Stephen Downes.
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Mar 1st 2014, 7:00 PM
Column: It’s time to break down the barriers around poetry
Can’t we get more from our vast historic and modern wellspring of poetry? We are, after all, the nation that has reputedly more poets per square mile than any other in the world, writes Stephen Downes.
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Feb 22nd 2014, 12:00 PM
J.K Rowling says that Harry and Hermione should have ended up together
We say NAY.
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Feb 2nd 2014, 12:29 PM
'Wearable' book lets you experience characters' emotions while reading
The book and wearable vest uses sensors and can trigger feedback based on the protagonist’s emotional or physical state.
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Jan 29th 2014, 7:30 PM
Here's what you'll be reading, watching and listening to in 2014
Looking for new books, music, films and TV shows this year? We’ve got you covered.
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Jan 1st 2014, 8:45 PM
Extract: Colm McCann on Dublin, Ulysses and friendship
“The book that I return to, when I return to Ireland, is always Ulysses… Death takes away a lot of things, but it can’t ever take away our stories.”
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Dec 27th 2013, 7:30 PM
John Banville to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Irish Book Awards
The Booker Prize winner will join the ranks of previous winners John McGahern, Seamus Heaney and Edna O’Brien.
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Nov 18th 2013, 12:58 PM
Roddy Doyle, Eamon Dunphy and Claudia Carroll among book of the year nominees
The Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards nominations feature a number of recognisable names.
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Nov 1st 2013, 10:42 AM
Irish author Colum McCann’s moving ode to Robbie Keane
The Dubliner’s work featured on the latest episode of MLS Insider.
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Oct 25th 2013, 9:38 PM
Alice Munro declines Nobel awards invite due to poor health
The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is due to pick up a prize of US $1.2 million.
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Oct 18th 2013, 6:10 PM
Eleanor Catton becomes the youngest ever winner of the Booker Prize
The 28-year-old New Zealander won the fiction award for her 832-page murder mystery The Luminaries.
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Oct 15th 2013, 10:54 PM
Canadian Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize, doesn't answer her phone
The 82-year-old Canadian has become just the 13th woman to win the prize in 112 years.
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Oct 10th 2013, 2:12 PM
Author Tom Clancy dies aged 66
The bestselling author and creator of the Jack Ryan character died at a hospital in Baltimore last night.
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Oct 2nd 2013, 3:52 PM
Dublin: One City One Book choice for 2014 is revealed...
This year’s choice follows Strumpet City, which was 2013′s book.
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Sep 13th 2013, 9:35 AM
Literary history of Dublin brought to life with new Storymap app
The map was officially launched yesterday evening, and includes poets and writers both new and well-known.
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Sep 6th 2013, 7:45 AM
In pictures: The funeral of Seamus Heaney
Heaney, a Derry native, had called Dublin his home for the past number of decades.
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Sep 2nd 2013, 9:03 PM
The life and times of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney in pictures
Remembering the life of Seamus Heaney in pictures.
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Aug 30th 2013, 1:00 PM
Poet Seamus Heaney passes away aged 74
The Nobel laureate recently suffered from ill health, and was reported have collapsed earlier this week.
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Aug 30th 2013, 11:11 AM
JD Salinger may publish five more books despite his death in 2010
The reclusive author of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ last published in 1965 but a documentary has claimed he left detailed instructions for his estate to publish five more books between 2015 and 2020.
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Aug 26th 2013, 9:47 PM
Column: To be a successful writer nowadays, you have to embrace social media
Writers from the days of print-only publications are still running to catch up with digital revolution, which has levelled the playing field and created almost-boundless opportunities for those with ambition, writes Stephen Downes.
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Aug 17th 2013, 7:00 PM
Truly terrifying - horror series Goosebumps turns 21 this year
Does that mean we’re old? SCREAM.
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Aug 9th 2013, 8:45 PM
Three Irish authors make Man Booker Prize longlist
This year’s exciting longlist features 13 authors from across the world – including three Irish writers.
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Jul 23rd 2013, 12:47 PM
Beckett manuscript sells for €1.1 million
The 800 page working manuscript is of the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s first major novel ‘Murphy’.
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Jul 10th 2013, 4:31 PM
Kevin Barry’s City of Bohane wins the prestigious IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award
Kevin Barry is the third Irish author to win the coveted €100,000 literary prize, taking up good company with previous winners Colm Tóibín and Colum McCann
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Jun 6th 2013, 8:38 PM
Original manuscript of Samuel Beckett's first novel for sale
The handwritten rough draft of the modernist writer’s first novel – described as “one of the most important 20th century working manuscripts” – is expected to fetch up to €1.4 million.
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Jun 3rd 2013, 2:18 PM
Ireland's Kevin Barry up for €100k literary award
Other nominees include Michel Houellebecq, Haruki Murakami and Andrew Miller.
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Apr 9th 2013, 8:36 AM
Author Iain Banks has late stage cancer, says he has less than a year to live
The Scottish novelist said that he did not expect to live beyond a year.
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Apr 3rd 2013, 4:03 PM
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
Want to be a writer? New programme urges people to put pen to paper
Three successful Irish authors will offer tips to budding writers through YouTube videos as part of the new National Emerging Writer Programme.
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Jan 1st 2013, 7:00 PM
Irish ads of yore that we don't mind at all
There are no ads on RTÉ today… but if there were, we wouldn’t be charmed if they were like these ones from the turn of the 19th century.
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Dec 25th 2012, 11:30 AM
8 of the worst sex scenes you'll read this year
The nominees for the 2012 Bad Sex Awards have been announced… Brace yourself.
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Nov 21st 2012, 11:05 AM
Eight Irish writers on longlist for Impac book award
Let’s not get too excited though – there’s 154 books in total on the longlist for the world’s most valuable literary prize.
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Nov 12th 2012, 8:56 AM
Hilary Mantel wins Booker Prize for second time
Hilary Mantel won the Booker Prize for her book Bring Up the Bodies, beating off competition from Will Self.
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Oct 16th 2012, 10:19 PM
Can you identify these Irish literary quotations?
Go on, give it a go…
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Oct 13th 2012, 9:15 AM
The Evening Fix... now with added Christopher Walken
Here’s the things we learned, shared and loved today.
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Oct 11th 2012, 7:52 PM
Mo Yan of China wins Nobel Literature Prize
China’s Mo Yan has won the Nobel Literature Prize.
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Oct 11th 2012, 12:43 PM
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