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Book set in New Ross named on Booker Prize shortlist

Irish author Claire Keegan has been shortlisted for this year's prestigious Booker Prize 2022. Small Things Like These tells a story set in the town of New Ross, in the 1980s - a scene familiar to many Kilkenny readers! It joins the six-strong ...

07 Sept 2022 at 14:00

Arts

Five new books to read this week - Kilkenny Live

New releases range from tense thrillers to inspiring non-fiction… Fiction 1. The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan is published in hardback by W&N. Available May 25 Just finished the #TheHappyCouple by @NaoiseDolan and I pure LOVED it So witty, ...

24 May 2023 at 17:07

Arts & Entertainment

Irish authors Claire Kilroy and Anne Enright nominated for prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction

Irish authors Anne Enright and Claire Kilroy have both been shortlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes. Making up for one third of the list, the Irish authors join ...

24 Apr 2024 at 13:59

Arts & Entertainment

Irish author shortlisted for Booker Prize with shortest novel in contest's history

Irish author Claire Keegan has been shortlisted for this year's prestigious Booker Prize 2022. Small Things Like These joins the six-strong shortlist at 116 pages, making it the shortest book in terms of pages in the prize’s history. ...

07 Sept 2022 at 10:57

National News

Booker Prize 2022 shortlist features oldest author

British author Alan Garner has become the oldest writer to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Garner, who was born in Cheshire and grew up in Alderley Edge, will celebrate his 88th birthday on the night of the award ceremony next ...

06 Sept 2022 at 23:16

Views & Opinion

Kilkenny Live chats to Author Cathy Kelly

Cathy Kelly is an Irish former journalist and writer of women's fiction since 1997. Since then, she has published around the world, with millions of books in print. She is a No. 1 bestseller in the UK, Ireland, and Australia, and ...

07 Sept 2022 at 20:01

Arts & Entertainment

Who are the guests on tonight's Graham Norton Show on BBC? Here's the line-up

The guests have been revealed for tonight's The Graham Norton Show on BBC One. On this week’s show (February 2), Graham welcomes American actors Sterling K. Brown, Dakota Johnson and Colman Domingo, Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson, ...

02 Feb 2024 at 15:07

National News

Deciding on 2025 Booker Prize shortlist was ‘real agony’ – Sarah Jessica Parker

Sex And The City actress Sarah Jessica Parker has said finalising a shortlist for the 2025 Booker Prize was “real agony” and that there was “nothing casual” about letting a book go. The Hollywood star, 60, who launched her own ...

23 Sept 2025 at 20:00

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Bestselling author to give talk at Kilkenny library

Would you like to meet one of Ireland's bestselling authors and learn from their experience of managing the transition from journalist to fiction writer? Then take note of an exciting event scheduled for Loughboy Library on ...

16 Nov 2022 at 15:30

Arts & Entertainment

Guest line-up revealed for this week's Graham Norton Show on BBC One

The guests have been revealed for this week's The Graham Norton Show on BBC One. Producers have confirmed that Fifty Shades star Dakota Johnson, who is joining the Spider-Man universe as Madame Web, and Sterling K. Brown - ...

30 Jan 2024 at 16:57

Views & Opinion

Kilkenny Live chats to Author Cathy Kelly

07 Sept 2022 at 19:53

Arts

Five new books to read this week - Kilkenny Live

Irish author John Banville is back with his latest crime thriller… Fiction 1. The Lock-Up by John Banville is published in hardback by Faber & Faber 'John Banville’s lushly written third detective novel featuring ...

24 Apr 2023 at 14:52

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