Literary Advent Calendar 2020
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- 01/12/2020 - 24/12/2020
- 24 days | Multiple days
An author a day for twenty-four days
So many incredible books by Irish authors and authors living in Ireland were released this year, without the usual fanfare of festivals and launches. We’re delighted to celebrate a small selection of these authors here and we’ve invited twenty-four writers to submit a short video reading from their new books.
Visit our Advent Calendar here and join us each day from 1st to 24th December 2020 to unlock a new reading.
Writers
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Paddy Bushe
Rugadh Paddy Bushe i mBaile Átha Cliath, agus tá cónaí air in Uíbh Ráthach i gCiarraí. Is file,...
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Caoilinn Hughes
Caoilinn Hughes is an Irish writer whose second novel, The Wild Laughter (2020) won the Royal Society of...
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Alan McMonagle
Alan McMonagle lives in Galway. In 2015, he signed a two-book deal with Picador, and in 2017, Ithaca,...
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Frances Macken
Frances Macken is from Claremorris, County Mayo. She completed a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of...
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Bebe Ashley
Bebe Ashley lives in Belfast. Her debut poetry collection, Gold Light Shining, is inspired by the life and...
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Seán Hewitt
Seán Hewitt was born in 1990. He lectures in English literature at Trinity College Dublin and is a...
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Gráinne Murphy
Gráinne Murphy is a Cork-based novelist and short story writer. She has published four novels with Legend Press...
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Marianne Lee
Marianne Lee grew up in Tullamore, Co. Offaly and now lives in Dublin with her husband and Esme...
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Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry is the author of three novels and three short story collections. His awards include the IMPAC...
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Helena Close
Limerick City native Helena Close has been writing full-time for 20 years. She has written or co-written seven...
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Stephen Sexton
Stephen Sexton’s first book, If All the World and Love Were Young was the winner of the Forward...
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Michelle Gallen
Michelle Gallen was born in Tyrone in the 1970s and grew up during the Troubles a few miles...
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Cauvery Madhavan
Born in India, Cauvery Madhavan moved to Ireland 38 years ago and has been in love with the...
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Oein DeBhairduin
Oein DeBhairduin is a creative soul with a passion for poetry, folk herbalism and preserving Traveller stories, sayings,...
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Enda Wyley
Enda Wyley is poet and children’s author. She was born in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin in 1966 and...
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Patrick Freyne
Patrick Freyne spent most of his twenties trying to be a rock star before turning to the much...
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Alice Lyons
Alice Lyons is a writer whose work embraces the visual arts. Author of three books of poetry, she...
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Colin Barrett
Colin Barrett grew up in County Mayo. His stories have been published in The Stinging Fly, Granta, Harper’s...
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Niamh Campbell
Niamh Campbell‘s debut novel This Happy was nominated for the An Post Irish Book Awards, the Kerry Group...
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Tim MacGabhann
Tim MacGabhann is the author of Call Him Mine and How To Be Nowhere. His fiction, non-fiction, and...
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Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi
Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi is a Nigerian-Irish writer, editor, performer and arts-facilitator. Her work is published in various journals and...
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John Connell
John Connell is a multi-award-winning author, film producer, investigative journalist and farmer. His documentary programs have won over...
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Sarah Crossan
Sarah Crossan has lived in Dublin, London and New York, and now lives in Brighton. She graduated with...
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Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer is the New York Times best-selling author of eight previous books in the Artemis Fowl series,...
