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Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize for ‘Prophet Song’
The judges for the prestigious award were not unanimous in their decision to select this novel, which depicts an Ireland descending into totalitarianism. When Paul Lynch, the Irish writer, started work on his fifth novel, he was thinking about the long civil war in Syria and the West’s apparent indifference to the people who fled…
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ENTERTAINMENT SPOTLIGHT: Local author to release more Native-related books
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } A local author is set to have at least two more books – both Cherokee-related – to be published in 2024. Brad Wagnon’s journey in literature began in 2015, when Alex Stephenson came to Wagnon with the idea to…
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Booker prize winning Prophet Song is a novel written to jolt the reader awake
With Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song, the judges have chosen perhaps the most timely and urgent book on the shortlist – a novel explicitly plugged into global strife and political tectonic forces. But it’s also the very intimate, elemental story of one woman’s love for her family, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the…
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‘Soul-shattering’ Prophet Song by Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker prize
Irish author Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker prize for his fifth novel Prophet Song, set in an imagined Ireland that is descending into tyranny. It was described as a “soul-shattering and true” novel that “captures the social and political anxieties of our current moment” by the judging chair, Esi Edugyan. Canadian novelist Edugyan,…
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Storytellers assembled at Chandigarh literature fest!
BySubhashree Nanda Nov 27, 2023 05:18 AM IST Share Via Copy Link The 11th edition of Literati, the Chandigarh International Literature Festival, saw a stellar line-up of authors The 11th edition of the Chandigarh International Literature Festival, Literati 2023, opened to deafening applause as renowned stand-up comedian Gaurav Gupta performed his wittiest best to a…
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Guelph could become a UNESCO city of literature
Guelph and the surrounding region as a UNESCO city literature site could be possible thanks to Damian Weston, executive director of the Guelph Arts Council. His announcement to form a committee in 2024 to submit a proposal for the site was made at the reopened Rivermead, the headquarters for the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival on…
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New fiction book series delves into early NZ Irish-Māori history
A largely forgotten story of Irish convicts and their interaction with Māori forms the basis for a series of novels being released on Tuesday in Christchurch. Titled Irish Convict, the five books cover the period from 1839 through to the eve of the New Zealand Wars in 1845. Author and journalist Tom O’Connor, 79, grew…
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Ennis Book Club Festival expands literary horizons with new series
*Sarah Clancy. ENNIS BOOK Club Festival’s Beyond Borders Book Club returns this month with an international feel. Dedicated to exploring literature beyond the Irish shores, the Beyond Borders Book Club invites book lovers, poets, authors and readers who share cultural roots with countries beyond Ireland to share books that are meaningful to them. Each month…
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Kay Tobler Liss book launch Dec. 7
Chats with Champions is proud to present local author, Kay Tobler Liss, on Thursday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library. This Chat serves as the launch of Kay’s new novel, “Coming Home.” “Coming Home” is the story of four generations of a family that return to cherished places…
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British crime novelist Elizabeth George to headline 2024 Southern Voices festival
Elizabeth George, a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of 20 British crime novels, will be the headline speaker for the 2024 Southern Voices festival at the Hoover Public Library. The festival is scheduled for Feb. 18-24, and George’s talk will take place in the Hoover Library Theatre on Friday, Feb. 23, at 7…
