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News In Australia, the annual Prime Minister’s Award for literature seeks to promote new literature as part of Australian culture. The prize is awarded by a distinguished, three member jury but it is the premier himself who hands it over.…

"Everything is broken." Apart from the Lit Review! News This week Bob Dylan is laying low. CNN are reporting that the Nobel Prize Committee are having trouble tracking Dylan down in order to award him his cash prize. For now at least…

Between my finger and my thumb The Squat Pen rests... Before I put it down to have a look at this week's Lit Review Events The Monday Echo will be gathering in the Mezz on the 17th, as they do every Monday, for an evening of music and…

Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future... And all the lastest scoops are present in the Lit Review Events The IMRAM Irish Language Literature Festival starts this Thursday (6th October) with events,…

Events A new collection of Irish fiction by writers from Northern Ireland will be launched in the Ulster Museum on Monday 3rd October. The collection, entitled The Glass Shore, is edited by Sinead Gleeson, the presenter of the Book…

Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, It's Lit Review time. Events The festival formerly known as the Frank O'Connor Short Story Festival will begin on the 7th of September. The event is…

Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past. But the Lit Review only comes out on Wednesdays. Events In the New Theatre this week, a new play entitled Inisfallen Fare…

A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: Apart from missing this week's Lit Review!!! Events Those hoping to hear some top notch contemporary Irish fiction this evening (Wednesday) should head down to the Temple Bar…

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox. Oh well, have some Lit Review instead. Events This Thursday, the Irish Writer's Centre are hosting the launch of White Sorrow by Andrea Aviet. The event will begin at 6:30…

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day... And the Lit Review come outs every Wednesday! Events Tomorrow evening at 8:30, The Kitchen @ The Museum in Galway (not the beloved circa 2011 Dublin…