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Home » News » EBCF to move online this March, with live events planned for September While the EBCF is moving online this March, a day of live events is planned for glór in September EBCF to move online this March, with live events planned for September February 6, 2021 THIS year’s Ennis Book Club Festival will be going online, organisers have confirmed. Due to Covid-19 restrictions the popular festival’s March 2021 programme will be virtual, while there are also plans for a day of live events in glór in September. A full programme line-up is due to be announced in the coming weeks...

SunStar Contributed photo January 25, 2021 THE international longlist for one of the world’s largest literary prizes for young writers -- the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize -- is announced on January 21, 2021, featuring a record number of nine debut writers. The list comprises nine novels, two poetry collections and one short story collection, and at a time when travel has been restricted and contact with loved ones limited, these extraordinary titles -- eight of which are by female writers -- transport the reader from Seoul to Hong Kong, Syria to Kilburn, Montana to Dub...

Raven Leilani’s Luster is the novel of the moment in the US and is sure to catch readers’ attention on this side of the Atlantic following its release this week. It is about a 23-year-old black woman, Edie (the etymology of this name, according to a cursory Google search, is “strive for wealth”) who becomes involved with a 46-year-old white man, Eric (“eternal ruler”), himself in an open relationship with his (also white) wife, Rebecca (“to tie firmly”). Defying “the rules” set out by Rebecca, Edie soon finds herself crossing the threshold into the couple’s home. In cont...

This slow-building debut novel from the Irish short-story writer investigates intimacy and estrangement Danielle McLaughlin ... half-bitter, half-spirited humour. Photograph: Claire O'Rorke Danielle McLaughlin ... half-bitter, half-spirited humour. Photograph: Claire O'Rorke Thu 21 Jan 2021 04.00 EST “She used to think that if she lost in love, it would be – on a scale of one to ten – to an eight or a nine. Cora Wilson she would put as a four.” Thus Nessa reflects on her husband’s adultery with the bothersomely dowdy mother of their daughter’s best friend. This ...

Among publishers, HarperCollins’ 4th Estate leads in this year’s Dylan Thomas Prize longlist, with three of the 12 titles announced today. Twelve Titles Include Poetry, Novels, and Stories Today (January 21), Swansea University’s Dylan Thomas Prize has announced its 2021 longlist of 12 titles. They include nine novels, two poetry collections, and one short story collection. And reading that, you’ll immediately recall that one of the distinctions of this awards program is that it’s open to multiple formats. It also is the prize that honors writers under 39 years of age because that�...