Poets and Irish Times reviewers John McAuliffe and Seán Hewitt, along with Victoria Kennefick, will host a new weekly podcast, Unlaunched Books. Fitzcarraldo Editions has been awarded the 2020 Republic of Consciousness Prize for the novel Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, translated by Irishman Frank Wynne. Lilliput Press will be publishing Estelle Birdy’s debut novel, Ravelling, next spring, another success for the Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair. Birdy is a a recent graduate of UCD’s Masters in Creative Writing and lives in Dublin’s Liberties where her novel is set. Whether you share a poem, read a poem, or programme your own online event, everyone is invited to join in and celebrate.

Source: The Irish Times April 02, 2020 16:30 UTC