• Advertise
  • Contact
  • Find a Retailer
  • eMagazine
Subscribe
IRISH COUNTRY MAGAZINE
  • Inside the issue
  • Irish Made
    • Irish Made Awards
  • Style
  • Food
  • Sustainability
  • Beauty
    • BIAB Nails
    • Hair
    • Health & Fitness
    • Makeup
    • Skincare
  • Interiors
  • Weddings
  • Win
  • More
    • Culture
    • Family
    • Gardening
    • Health
    • The Invisible Struggle
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
IRISH COUNTRY MAGAZINE
  • Inside the issue
  • Irish Made
    • Irish Made Awards
  • Style
  • Food
  • Sustainability
  • Beauty
    • BIAB Nails
    • Hair
    • Health & Fitness
    • Makeup
    • Skincare
  • Interiors
  • Weddings
  • Win
  • More
    • Culture
    • Family
    • Gardening
    • Health
    • The Invisible Struggle
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
Irish Country Magazine
No Result
View All Result

Two Irish writers are nominated for prestigious literary awards

Niamh Devereux by Niamh Devereux
January 26, 2023
A A
Two Irish writers are nominated for prestigious literary awards

The authors made the 2023 longlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize

Irish writers Sara Baume and Ciarán O’Rourke feature on the longlist for one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards for young talent – the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize.

The prize, worth £20,000 (€22.7k), celebrates fiction in all its forms and is awarded for the best published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under.

ADVERTISEMENT
Sara Baume. Photo credit: Kenneth O’Halloran

Sara, who is based in Skibbereen, West Cork, is nominated for her stunning third novel Seven Steeples, which follows a young couple’s attempts to disappear from society after they relocate to the Irish countryside. She is the author of four books, which have been widely translated and won awards such as the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Rooney Prize for Literature and the E.M. Forster Award.

Meanwhile, Ciarán, who is based in Galway, is up for his daring second poetry collection Phantom Gang, which considers civilisational violence in a variety of contexts, not least the inequalities of Irish history. His first collection, The Buried Breath, was published by The Irish Pages Press in 2018 and highly commended by the Forward Foundation for Poetry the following year.

Ciarán O’Rourke

Other authors on the longlist – which features just 12 writers – are from the UK, Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia, Lebanon and Australia. You can view the entire longlist here.

The shortlist of six titles will be announced on Thursday, March 23 and the winner will be revealed on May 14. The panel of judges is chaired by Books Editor for BBC Radio Di Speirs, alongside Welsh author Jon Gower, American author Maggie Shipstead, British poet Rachel Long, and Nepali-Indian author Prajwal Parajuly.

READ MORE

strength training
Featured

Here’s how strength training could help you beat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

September 21, 2023
comedy festival
Celebrity

Take a trip to the ‘City of Tribes’ for the Galway Comedy Festival

September 20, 2023
heart health
Featured

Maura Derrane implores women to take time to protect their heart health

September 20, 2023
filo tart
Featured

Recipe: Broccoli, yoghurt and feta filo tart

September 19, 2023
friends
Featured

The ultimate Friends fan experience is coming to Dublin!

September 19, 2023
ploughing
Culture

Five things to see at the National Ploughing Championships

September 19, 2023
Load More
ADVERTISEMENT
IRISH COUNTRY MAGAZINE

© 2022 Irish Country Magazine

IRISH COUNTRY MAGAZINE

  • Terms of service
  • Privacy statement
  • Advertise
  • eMagazine
  • Download gift card
  • Contact
  • Cookie Settings
  • Find a Retailer

Follow Us

  • Inside the issue
  • Irish Made
    • Irish Made Awards
  • Style
  • Food
  • Sustainability
  • Beauty
    • BIAB Nails
    • Hair
    • Health & Fitness
    • Makeup
    • Skincare
  • Interiors
  • Weddings
  • Win
  • More
    • Culture
    • Family
    • Gardening
    • Health
    • The Invisible Struggle
    • Travel
Subscribe
No Result
View All Result

© 2022 Irish Country Magazine