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Sarah Jessica Parker joins Booker Prize 2025 judging panel

The Hollywood actress owns her own literary imprint.

The Independent UK

Sarah Jessica Parker joins judging panel for 2025 Booker Prize

The panel is said to be a ‘a jury of creative peers like no other’

The Independent UK

Sarah Jessica Parker joins judging panel of 2025 Booker prize

Sex and the City star says being asked ‘felt very daunting’, as she signs up to pick the year’s best novel with Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

The Guardian - UK

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Roddy Doyle: ‘A PG Wodehouse audiobook made me laugh so much I had to stop the car’

The Booker-winning author on the the joys of Flann O’Brien, the magic of EL Doctorow, and having doubts about Richard Dawkins

The Guardian - UK

The Women Behind the Door by Roddy Doyle review – his best yet

In the third outing for Paula Spencer – mother, alcoholic, domestic abuse survivor – Doyle captures her strength and vulnerability in prose that radiates energy and life

The Guardian - UK

The Women Behind the Door by Roddy Doyle review – hilarity and hard times

In the third Paula Spencer novel, set during lockdown, mother and daughter are haunted by a history of violence, but revel in some late-life freedom

The Guardian - UK

Roddy Doyle: ‘People used to say I was undermining family life … ludicrous stuff’

The Dublin author once caused outrage for writing about domestic abuse. As he publishes his third Paula Spencer novel, he talks about optimism, new Irish fiction – and the genius of Roy Keane

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A Greyhound of a Girl review – Roddy Doyle story is beautiful take on childhood grief

Heart-lifting adaptation of Doyle’s children’s novel follows cheeky 12-year-old Mia as she faces the loss of her beloved granny

The Guardian - UK

Dalkey Book Festival returns this summer with world-famous celebs

The Edge will be chatting with Brian Cox about particle physics, dark matter, and guitar riffs

Dublin Live

RTE viewers divided on trigger warning prior to iconic film The Snapper

A voiceover warned viewers to prepare for scenes they might find upsetting

Dublin Live

Viewers split after RTE delivers trigger warning prior to The Snapper

A voiceover warned viewers to prepare for scenes they might find upsetting

Irish Mirror

Oscar-nominated Irish director Colm Bairead reveals messages from Hollywood stars after big award nod

An Cailin Ciuin is among the record breaking 14 Irish nominations at this year's Oscars

Irish Mirror

Brendan Gleeson named among top 10 actors of 2022

In a diverse New York Times list, the Harry Potter star is given the nod alongside Michelle Yeoh, Daniel Kaluuya, and Michelle Williams

Irish Mirror

Kellie Harrington and Charlie Bird among winners at An Post Book Awards 2022

The An Post Book Awards 2022 took place in the Convention Centre in Dublin on Wednesday night

Dublin Live

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Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments is coming to Dublin

Featuring an electric playlist, The Commitments will have more than 20 soul classics performed live on stage

The Conversation

Life, death, intimacy and privilege: 4 works of COVID fiction – and what they say about us

Pandemics force us to face our mortality, prompting profound questions about life’s meaning. It is not surprising, therefore, that since the days of medieval plague outbreaks, infectious diseases have attracted the imagination of novelists. These stories operate as cautionary tales, holding humanity to account.

The Guardian - UK

‘There is nothing wrong with offending people’: Roddy Doyle on getting the band back together

His comic novel The Commitments gave working-class Dublin its voice – and became a hit film. As the stage version returns to theatres, does Doyle still recognise the foul-mouthed young author who wrote it?

Irish Mirror

Kellie Harrington said there were 'plenty of tears shed' as she wrote new book with Roddy Doyle

Harrington's book will be released at the end of October and said she received the first copy.

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Dublin Live

Kellie Harrington says sitting down to write her book with Roddy Doyle was 'a rollercoaster of emotion'

She thanked the top Dublin author for getting her story onto paper

Dublin Live

Kellie Harrington announces release date of autobiography

Olympian Kellie Harrington has revealed when her highly-anticipated book will be released

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Life Without Children,' by Roddy Doyle

A gifted Dublin writer takes on the pandemic, in moving, funny stories.

Irish Mirror

Olympic gold medallist Kellie Harrington teams up with Roddy Doyle to write her first book

The champion boxer will write her autobiography with the hit author

Dublin Live

Kellie Harrington to release autobiography written with Roddy Doyle

Kellie is "super excited" for the book to be released

Irish Mirror

Olympics hero Kellie Harrington set to release autobiography this year

The Tokyo boxing gold medalist has teamed up with Roddy Doyle and will release the book in October

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