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It’s a nailbiting time for readers. Five Irish authors have won the Booker since it began in 1969

Paul Murray claimed the prize for best novel at the An Post Irish Book Awards on Wednesday night, in a major boost for the Dublin author’s Booker Prize hopes this weekend.

The prizes, which have picked up from the abruptly cancelled Costa awards, cover fiction, debut fiction, children’s fiction and non-fiction

Paul Murray, Megan Nolan, Michael Magee and Chloe Michelle Howarth on shortlists

Fern Brady shortlisted for major book award - Strong Female Character up for best fiction title in the Costa Book Awards

2023 marks the inaugural award ceremony, with four categories, Fiction, Debut Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children's Fiction. Each of the category winners will ...

From the paintings of Paula Rego to a Jamaican American childhood, the six novelists up for the UK’s most prestigious fiction prize share the inspirations behind their nominated books – and how they got them onto the page

There’s a buzz about one particular novel on this year’s Booker shortlist. Ahead of next week’s winner announcement, John Self explains why Irish writer Paul Murray’s joyously readable 656-page tragicomic family saga is the rightful favourite

As this year’s Booker prize approaches, John Self picks his favourite neglected novels from previous shortlists

The Booker Prize is announced on November 26, with this year’s shortlist featuring six novels that deal with inescapable legacies and inadequate fathers.