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Irish Writing

Ian McMillan explores the wave of new Irish writing emerging from both the north and south with Elaine Feeney, Martina Evans, James Conor Patterson and Prof Liam Harte.

Novels by Irish writers make up a third of this year's Booker longlist for the first time in the prize's history. Ian McMillan explores the boom in Irish writing and the wave of new and experimental voices melding poetry and prose emerging from both the North and South of Ireland. With Elaine Feeney, Martina Evans, James Conor Patterson and Liam Harte, professor of Irish Literature at the University of Manchester.

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44 minutes

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Fri 15 Sep 2023 22:00

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  • Fri 15 Sep 2023 22:00

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