Gatekeeper turns poacher next year when Sarah Gilmartin, who has been reviewing debut fiction for The Irish Times since 2013, publishes her own debut novel, Dinner Party: A Tragedy with Pushkin Press imprint One. Her story The Wife won the 2020 Máirtín Crawford Award at the Belfast Book Festival in June. Roll on 2021.”*Shadowplay by Joseph O’Connor is this weekend’s Irish Times Eason book offer. You can buy the Costa-shortlisted Irish Novel of the Year about Bram Stoker’s life in London’s theatre world for just €4.99, a saving of €6, when you purchase the paper at any Eason store. To register, please visit www.johnhewittsociety.org*Dublin Book Festival will run this year from November 27th to December 6th.

Source: The Irish Times October 30, 2020 15:33 UTC