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News International Literature Festival Dublin This year's ILFD wrapped up on the 29th May. This year's event had some huge names, such as Ruby Wax, Paula Meehan, Colm Tóibín, Richard Ford and Werner Herzog, as well as our very own…

News Dublin's Influence on Nigerian Writer Poet and playwright Inua Ellams, who moved to the Dublin suburb Firhouse with his family at 15, has revealed that his time in Ireland was significant and formative. "When I started school in…

I find it apt that it was a brilliantly bright, shining day when I met Molly McCloskey. I had finished her newest novel When Light is Like Water the previous week, and had just written a review of it. On the journey to meet her I was …

News Crime Writing Festival to Launch in Dún Laoghaire Penguin Random House Ireland have partnered with the Irish Times to launch a new crime writing festival, Dead in Dún Laoghaire. The festival will take place on Saturday July 22nd in…

News Kentucky City Petitions to Become City of Literature The city of Lexington in Kentucky is petitioning to become one of The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Cities of Literature. The city wants to join Edinburgh,…

When Alice stays in her mother's condo after her funeral, she is struck by a sense of anticlimax. She cannot fathom how the physical evidence of her mother's life falls short in representing its reality. All she can do is look at the…

News Shortlist for the International Dublin Literary Award Announced The short list for the International Dublin Literary Award was announced this week. The award is in its 23rd year, and is awarded to novels written in, or translated…

News Bob Dylan Finally Accepts Award The strange saga of Bob Dylan's Nobel win continues. After being a no-show at the banquet on December 10th, it has been confirmed that he received his medal and diploma "during a meeting with members…

News Winners of the Hennessy Literary Awards Hennessey held their 46th annual Literary Awards on Tuesday night. The awards are one of the longest running cultural sponsorships, celebrating new Irish writing. This year’s judges were…

News Diverse events planned for the International Literature Festival Dublin With the newly released details regarding a few of the events for the International Literature Festival Dublin, it's hinted that the festival is taking a diverse…