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Fiction in translation

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch has been named the winner of the Booker Prize 2023.

Siân Hughes’s debut novel, from the indie Indigo Press, is a rare gem that fully deserves its Booker longlisting, and your attention

We’re told the answer comes before the question — you just know — that the desire for children appears, unbidden and then it remains unwavering. But many of us are ambivalent, anxious and indecisive as we ask the mother of all questions before we have any answers.

A DEBUT novel by a University of Chester graduate has been nominated for the UK and Ireland’s most prestigious literary award.  

The biggest problem with this year’s Booker longlist, Britain’s premier literary prize, is that it’s not Irish enough. Yes, four of the 13 authors are Irish but

Sebastian Barry, Elaine Feeney, Paul Lynch and Paul Murray join nine other authors in the running for the literary award

Prestigious literature prize reveals 13 nominees for 2023 competition

Sebastian Barry, Elaine Feeney, Paul Lynch and Paul Murray have all made the 13-strong longlist for this year - meaning Ireland has produced the most nominees relative to population size.

Tobias Carroll recommends new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from Argentina, Germany, Iraq, Italy, and South Korea.