Friday 7 June 2013

IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

Congratulations to author Kevin Barry on winning the prestigious IMPAC Literary Award in Dublin this week for his first novel City of Bohane. The novel is set in the furturistic city of Bohane along the west coast of Ireland,  a once reveered but now much troubled and divided city struggling with tribal rivalry.

Titles for the IMPAC Award are nominated by international libraries based on users preferences and is worth €100,000. Kevin who is originally from Limerick, now resides in Sligo.

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