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The longlists have been announced for the 2023 Great Reads Awards. The shortlist will be unveiled on the 1st of September

Sam Blake has had much success with novels in the past and now she has a new YA series hitting the shelves.

In a statement emailed to the Local Friday, Bass repeated the quote she provided for a previous Local story: “It’s not an auction; it’s an election.”

Vanessa O’Loughlin, who writes under the pseudonym Sam Blake because it’s snappier and easier to pronounce, is holding up a mood board with pictures torn from m

Sam Blake is, it’s no exaggeration to say, a proper Renaissance woman in Irish publishing. Under her real name, Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, she’s the brains behind authors’ resource website Writing.ie, Inkwell Group publishing consultancy and the Murder One crime writing festival, as well as serving on a host of arts and literary bodies. As Sam, she’s the bestselling and multiple award-nominated creator of six crime novels (including a three-part Detective Cat Connolly series).

From Sam Blake’s teenage murder mystery in south Dublin to the painful break-up of a friendship

Liverpool-based worship leader IAN YATES has been a mainstay of Cross Rhythms radio for years, now having a striking 19 songs making your favourite stations playlist. Tony Cummings quizzed the songsmith about his years in music ministry.

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Glanmire based Mairéad Hearne of book review blog ‘Swirl and Thread’ tells us how she likes to spend her weekends

Theres lots happening this weekend to mark Cork World Book Fest