‘Irish illustrators are on fire at the moment’ - The Irish Times, 16th May 2013
“Ahead of the Rebels and Rulebreakers Children’s Books Ireland Conference, which takes place this weekend, we asked some of the participants about which books rocked their world”
The winner of the Orwell Prize for Books 2013 is A Very British Killing by A. T. Williams
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Fiction Uncovered is an annual promotion of British writing. This year they are celebrating 8 British authors :
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Tuesday 21st May, 2013
Due to essential Capital Construction Works being carried out on the Low Level Reservoir Supply Line, customers in the following areas may experience reduced pressure and/or disruption to their water supply on Tuesday 21st May 2013 from 8.00 a.m. to approx 7.00 p.m.
Multyfarnham,
Bunbrosna,
Lismacaffrey,
Streete,
Rathowen,
Ballinalack,
Ballynacargy,
Moyvore,
Ballymore,
Mount Temple Road in Moate,
Knockdomney,
Moyvoughley
Westmeath County Council apologises for any inconvenience caused and wish to thank all those affected for their patience.
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Congratulations to Jenny Colgan who has won this year’s Romantic Novel of the Year with Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams
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Source: romanticnovelistsassociation.org
The Commonwealth Foundation has announced the regional winners for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize and Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Regional Winner, Africa
Sterile Sky, E.E. Sule (Nigeria), Pearson Education
Regional Winner, Asia
Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera (Sri Lanka), Perera-Hussein Publishing House
Regional Winner, Canada & Europe
The Death of Bees, Lisa O’Donnell (United Kingdom), William Heinemann
Regional Winner, Caribbean
Disposable People, Ezekel Alan (Jamaica), self-published
Regional Winner, Pacific
The Last Thread, Michael Sala (Australia), Affirm Press
A 13-strong shortlist of authors from across the globe has been chosen to compete for this year’s prestigious Dundee International Book Prize.
The shortlist for the 2013 Dundee International Book Prize is:
Light in the Blood (Nicholas Murgatroyd) – a literary mystery set at a writers retreat in Romania.
All Things End in Yes (Lily Barker) - the tale of a London food critic who discovers an Iranian carpet embroidered with cryptic messages.
Falling Fast (Neil Broadfoot) - a contemporary crime novel set in Edinburgh which uncovers the secrets and lies of an MSP at Holyrood.
A Brief Eternity (Paul Beaumont) - an immortal love story that finds non-believer Jerry caught up in the Rapture and headed for Heaven.
Beware of Men with Moustaches (Elizabeth Kay) – the tale of four poets trapped in a nightmare of Kafkaesque proportions.
Dog Mountain (Iain Maloney) - a magical realist thriller which takes the reader through the history and mythology of Japan.
The Society of Unexampled Brilliance (Paul Warnes) - a dysfunctional family reunion at a house in Cornwall after a violent attack on a young girl.
Kissing Trisha Six Times (Dandy McGregor) - a highly original novel of medical malpractice, witchcraft, S&M and insurance fraud.
In the Rosary Garden (Nicola White) - a grisly discovery in the grounds of a convent school in 1980s Dublin sparks a complicated case for the investigating detective.
Mango (Jeff Hayden) – a novel based on a true, and as of yet unsolved, murder case in 1950s Puerto Rico.
The Confession of Stella Moon (Shelley Day Sclater) - a dark, brooding tale of matricide and infanticide mixed with a touch of the supernatural.
The Killing Pool (Phillip Kurthausen) – a military lawyer’s struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as he takes on a new case.
What to do with Lobsters in a Place Like Klippisfontein (Colette Victor) – an examination of racial tensions in a small, rural, conservative town in South Africa.
The Guardian interviews the 10 contenders for the Man Booker International prize
Congratulations to Howard Jacobson who has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for the second time with his novel Zoo Time.
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