# Authors

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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.

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Dec 30th 2020, 6:30 PM

# read this

These are the Irish novels to look out for in early 2020

It’s going to be a jam-packed year.

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Dec 29th 2019, 1:30 PM

# omgwaca

How the Facebook page Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling became a publishing phenomenon

We talked to the book’s authors.

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Sep 9th 2017, 9:45 AM

# roalddahlday

13 memories everyone who grew up loving Roald Dahl books will remember

Happy Roald Dahl day.

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Sep 13th 2016, 1:02 PM

# a novel idea

Could you write a book? These 11 and 12-year-olds have

It’s for sale on Amazon and all the money will go to charity.

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Jun 1st 2015, 10:00 AM

# books are my bag

Do you prefer buying books in bookshops or online?

If you like browsing your local bookstore, or want to get back into that, then this campaign is for you.

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Oct 9th 2014, 7:45 AM

# winners

Irish Book Award winners: Roddy Doyle, Darina Allen, David Walsh and Fintan O'Toole

Some of Ireland’s top writers gathered tonight to award some of the nation’s best works.

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Nov 26th 2013, 11:12 PM

# the catcher in the rye

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

# Man Booker Prize

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

# Write Stuff

Dublin Writers Festival "getting bigger and bigger"

54 writers from around the world will take part in the festival from June 4-10, in venues across Dublin from Liberty Hall to the Gate Theatre, among others.

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Jun 4th 2012, 9:30 AM