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# Man Booker Prize

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# Normal People
'Sally Rooney's gives a perfect insight into the expectations placed on women when it comes to sex'
Rooney puts a lens on a modern, uniquely female experience.
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Oct 8th 2018, 7:49 PM
# milkman
Belfast author Anna Burns among Man Booker Prize finalists
Burns has been shortlisted for her novel, Milkman, set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Sep 20th 2018, 2:21 PM
# Books
Three Irish authors have made the longlist for the Man Booker Prize
Sally Rooney, Donal Ryan and Anna Burns will all compete for the award.
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Jul 24th 2018, 7:36 AM
# congrats are in order
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
# congrats are in order
A book about a prisoner-of-war camp won the Booker Prize last night
Richard Flanagan is the third Australian to win the prestigious award.
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Oct 15th 2014, 10:00 AM
# turn off the tv
Planning on getting stuck into a good book? The Man Booker Prize shortlist has been announced
The awards opened up to writers of any nationality for the first time this year.
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Sep 9th 2014, 12:26 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
# Shortlist
Colm Tóibín the only Irish novelist to make Man Booker Prize shortlist
Out of a possible three Irish novelists, Tóbín was the only one to make the Man Booker Prize shortlist this year.
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Sep 10th 2013, 11:27 AM
# 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
# Winning
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
# get reading
Will Self and Hilary Mantel make Booker prize shortlist
The shortlist contains more new writers and debut novels than in previous years. Have you read any of them?
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Sep 11th 2012, 12:30 PM
# Literature
No Irish need apply: Man Booker long list revealed
As usual, the talk is more about who’s not in rather than who is.
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Jul 25th 2012, 4:21 PM
# Posh Bingo
Barnes avoids a Beryl by winning the Booker Prize
After his fourth time on the shortlist, British author Julian Barnes has won the Man Booker Prizer – and dissed Finnegan’s Wake in his acceptance speech.
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Oct 19th 2011, 10:25 AM
# Bookworm
David Cameron chooses Irish novel Skippy Dies as his summer read
The British Prime Minister has picked Paul Murray’s book to bring on holidays with him.
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Aug 4th 2011, 10:15 PM
# Man Booker Prize
Irish novelist among six Man Booker Prize nominees
Emma Donoghue’s ‘Room’ is one of the six shortlisted entries for one of the world’s leading literary prizes.
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Sep 7th 2010, 12:33 PM