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Saoirse Ronan to star in RTÉ series to mark Ireland’s Decade of Centenaries Reporter: ');  '); In a landmark contribution to the Decade of Commemorations, RTÉ Radio 1 has commissioned a series of 12 half hour stories from the finest writers associated with Ireland for a radio and podcast series.  Spoken Stories Independence will start this Sunday at 7pm on RTÉ Radio 1.    Among the writers are Dublin Literary Prize winners, a Booker Prize winner, an IFTA award winner, an Oscar winning writer, authors whose work has been awarded Irish short story of the Year, as well as num...

Multimedia Journalist Irish fiction continues to thrive and the year ahead offers a feast of novels and short story collections set for publication - we present a choice selection... Danielle McLaughlin - The Art of Falling (John Murray, February) A woman's marriage and career are threatened by an old indiscretion just as she receives the opportunity of a lifetime. Danielle's stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Irish Times and The Stinging Fly, amongst numerous other magazines and anthologies. She has won many awards for her short fiction, collected in Dinosaurs on Other Pl...

Wildlife read by Anne Enright launches Spoken Stories Independence, a new collection of short stories commissioned by RTÉ Radio. Spoken Stories is a new concept of commissioning short fiction under a common theme or thread, in which we are treated to experiencing them read directly by their authors or by invited readers. The series starts at 7pm this Sunday, 10th January on RTÉ Radio 1 and runs weekly through until Easter, featuring one new story each week - listen to and download Wildlife here.  This collection originates from a consideration of independence, a hundred years after Ire...

By Niamh O'Donoghue

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka (Bloomsbury) The Nobel laureate’s first novel in almost 50 years promises “murder, mayhem and no shortage of drama” in contemporary Nigeria. The Thursday Murder Club 2 by Richard Osman (Viking) Last year the Pointless co-host’s cosy crime debut set in a retirement home broke sales records; here comes the sequel. Waters of Salvation by Richard Coles (W&N) A new crime series from everyone’s favourite vicar begins as a proposal to refurbish a village church ends in murder; Canon Daniel Clement must investigate. O...