# fiction - Sunday 27 December, 2020
# Get Reading
# Get Reading
From Irish to international authors, we have you covered.
# fiction - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
# Booker Prize
# Booker Prize
McCann was nominated for his novel Apeirogon.
# fiction - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Booker Prize
# Booker Prize
Atwood has been awarded for The Testaments and Evaristo has been awarded for Girl, Woman, Other.
# fiction - Saturday 21 September, 2019
# The Second Sleep
# The Second Sleep
The historical novelist spoke to TheJournal.ie about his new novel, The Second Sleep.
# fiction - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
# Booker Prize
# Booker Prize
Irish author Kevin Barry had made the longlist for the 2019 awards. However, he did not make the shortlist.
# fiction - Sunday 28 October, 2018
# Northern Heist
# Northern Heist
Richard O’Rawe was one of the H-block Blanketmen during the Troubles, and has written previously about the life of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four.
# fiction - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
# Books
# Books
Sally Rooney, Donal Ryan and Anna Burns will all compete for the award.
# fiction - Thursday 8 February, 2018
# Literature
# Literature
Sebastian Barry has been chosen as the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2018-2021.
# fiction - Friday 1 December, 2017
# Turned Off
# Turned Off
The Bad Sex in Fiction Award goes to an outstandingly bad sex scene description in an otherwise good novel.
# fiction - Saturday 25 November, 2017
# Read Me
# Read Me
The Broken Spiral, an anthology of short stories which will raise funds for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
# fiction - Saturday 7 October, 2017
# Fighting Words
# Fighting Words
We talked to authors and people in the trade about how commercial fiction is tackling tough issues.
# fiction - Wednesday 30 November, 2016
# fiction - Wednesday 18 November, 2015
# Turned Off
From The Daily Edge
# Turned Off
NSFW (or for life), obviously.
# fiction - Monday 9 November, 2015
# Literary
# Literary
160 books were nominated by libraries in 118 cities and 44 countries worldwide.
# fiction - Friday 19 June, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Revisiting and exploring classic stories might seem a cynical exercise steeped in nostalgia, but it does allow for reflection and analysis.
# fiction - Saturday 28 February, 2015
# Shots Fired
# Shots Fired
In a blistering attack on Fine Gael, Micheál Martin said their party conference “may well have set a world record for the amount of arrogant self-praise”.
# fiction - Thursday 29 January, 2015
# fiction - Sunday 9 November, 2014
# BGEIBA
# BGEIBA
Louise O’Neill’s debut novel has been getting rave reviews.
# fiction - Sunday 10 August, 2014
# Maeve's House
# Maeve's House
Maeve Brennan wrote incredible short stories and essays. A new play explores her work and legacy.
# fiction - Thursday 5 June, 2014
# Congrats
# Congrats
She spent more than a decade trying to get it published – and now it’s won one of the biggest prizes in literature.
# fiction - Saturday 1 March, 2014
# Flight Of Fancy
# Flight Of Fancy
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.
# fiction - Friday 13 December, 2013
# James Bombed
# James Bombed
A BMJ study has revealed that the spy consumed over four times the recommended weekly allowance of alcohol.
# fiction - Thursday 21 November, 2013
# Oh God Sorry
From The Daily Edge
# Oh God Sorry
Costco was very apologetic after a pastor spotted the label.
# fiction - Saturday 13 July, 2013
# Nutrition
# Nutrition
A nutrition consultant weighs in on fried foods, soy, wheat and eggs.
# fiction - Friday 3 May, 2013
# Books
# Books
The author of five novels passed away last night following a year-long cancer battle which she wrote about for TheJournal.ie last year.
# fiction - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
# Books
# Books
The Scottish novelist said that he did not expect to live beyond a year.
# fiction - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
# Not Ok
From The Daily Edge
# Not Ok
The nominees for the 2012 Bad Sex Awards have been announced… Brace yourself.
# fiction - Thursday 8 November, 2012
# Bestselling
# Bestselling
Binchy’s long-term agent Christine Green said it was a bittersweet day because “we want to celebrate the book but we want her to be here too”.
# fiction - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
# Perfect Opening Line
From The Daily Edge
# Perfect Opening Line
A US university has announced the winner of a contest to find the worst-possible opening sentence to a novel. Warning: it’s pretty bad.
# fiction - Tuesday 31 July, 2012
# Your Shout
# Your Shout
Readers of the late, great Irish author have been reminiscing on the Binchy novel that touched them – which one would you give to a friend who had never read her work?
# fiction - Friday 13 April, 2012
# After Harry
From The Daily Edge
# After Harry
It may lack wizard, witches and spells but the new title has booksellers excited.
# fiction - Wednesday 7 December, 2011
# Facepalm
From The Daily Edge
# Facepalm
How bad can sex writing be? Pretty bad, judging by this year’s entries to the Bad Sex in Fiction Award.
# fiction - Thursday 20 October, 2011
# Book Awards
# Book Awards
The Nobel laureate will be honoured at the Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards 2011.
# fiction - Thursday 9 June, 2011
# Literature
From The Daily Edge
# Literature
Twenty-five-year-old Serbian-American Téa Obreht beat off competition from the favourite, Irish writer Emma Donoghue.
# fiction - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
The annual Orange Prize for fiction by a woman will be awarded tonight. But why shouldn’t female artists compete with the boys, asks Eleanor Fitzsimons.
# fiction - Wednesday 18 May, 2011
# Booker
From The Daily Edge
# Booker
One of the award’s judges wasn’t pleased with the final decision, though. Carmen Callil resigned when she heard that the American author was being given the £60,000 literary prize.
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