Irish author’s ‘suspenseful and linguistically astonishing’ fourth novel praised for its ‘great wit and humanity’ by judge Bernardine EvaristoThe Irish author Paul Murray has won the inaugural £30,000 Nero Gold prize for The Bee Sting, a comic family saga set in rural Ireland.Murray was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-03-14 19:30:28 UTC ]
“Happy Valley” creator Sally Wainwright is to write and direct a drama about the Brontes for BBC1. “To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters” will explore the relationships between Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte and their brother Branwell, who was an alcoholic and drug addict. It will be filmed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Doubleday Ireland has acquired a novel set in rural Ireland in the 1970s, and one other book, by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 10:06 Fourth Estate and Headline signed débuts this week, buying books set in rural Ireland and Wales respectively. Headline senior commissioning editor Leah Woodburn won a five-way auction for a novel about a dysfunctional but... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]