Not my usual type: Authors turn talents to new genres
John Boyne
We asked four of Ireland’s finest novelists to experiment with a new genre of writing by penning the first chapter of a book imagined especially for Weekend readers
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Claire Keegan, Colm Tóibín and Catherine Ryan Howard battle it out for €100k literary prize
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On This Day in History - May 30th
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