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How Mike McCormack went from 'not being able to give a book away' to winning a €100k award

The Irish author won the €100k International Dublin Literary Award this week for his novel Solar Bones.

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Jun 16th 2018, 9:00 PM

Two Irish writers have been longlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize

Mike McCormack and Sebastian Barry are two of the 13 writers who made the longlist.

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Jul 27th 2017, 12:31 AM

This author's one-sentence novel is the best Irish book of 2016

It has been a massive year for Mike McCormack, and his publishers Tramp Press.

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Dec 14th 2016, 10:59 AM