The Dublin-born author took home the book of the year prize and £30,000 for his fourth novel The Bee Sting.

Several Irish artists withdrew from a Texas arts festival citing its ties with the US Army and weapons manufacturers

The Co Down novelist will be based at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast for two years.

One of four category winners will be awarded the book of the year award and receive £30,000.

The Irish Arts Centre in New York will host Agreement from April 11th to May 12th.

The research found a large cohort of younger people are not aware they should seek medical help if they have trouble conceiving for more than a year

Jan Carson said she wanted to address the under-representation of rural Northern Ireland experiences in literature

The author said he found himself ‘living through’ scenes he had already written for his book Prophet Song during the pandemic lockdowns.

His book Prophet Song describes what happens when his home country becomes authoritarian.

The historian was speaking amid a trend on social media that highlights how often men ponder the time of togas, swords and emperors.