Christine Dwyer Hickey has won novel of the year, for The Narrow Land, and Sinéad Gleeson was named emerging writer, for Constellations , in the inaugural Dalkey Literary Awards. Dwyer Hickey says: “I am so thrilled to have won such a special award in its very first year. I spent five years working on The Narrow Land, from beginning to end, so to even be nominated for a prize means the world to me. Gleeson is delighted, “not just because Dalkey Book Festival is one of my favourite festivals but because it’s the first year of the awards. The awards mark a new step for the popular Dalkey Book Festival, which has grown since its 2010 debut, and is also supported by Zurich.

Source: The Irish Times June 20, 2020 18:56 UTC