Noel O’Regan on James Tait Black shortlist

In The Irish Times this Saturday, Chimene Suleyman, author of The Chain, tells Rosita Boland about discovering that the man who got her pregnant had been impregnating lots of other women; Aoife Barry explores the world of silent book clubs. Anna Fitzgerald tells Niamh Donnelly about her debut novel, Girl in the Making; and there is a Q&A with Edel Coffey about her career and latest novel, In Her Place.

The awards – presented by Edinburgh University since 1919 – are the only big British book prizes judged by literature scholars and students.

The other shortlisted titles are: One Small Voice by Santanu Bhattacharya; The New Life by Tom Crewe; Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks; Pearl by Sian Hughes; and All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow. Prof Suzannah Lipscomb, chair of judges, said: “Our magnificent shortlist is made up of six powerful, impressive books that are characterised by the brilliance and beauty of their writing and which each offer a unique, original perspective. The readers of these books will never see the world – be it through art, history, landscape, politics, religion or technology – the same again.

Christy Moore praised A Conspiracy of Lies as “An essential and disturbing novel that describes the bombing of Dublin 50 years ago with insights into the ensuing cover-up”. Theo Dorgan called it “a tender love story of two young Dubliners trying to survive the danger of the terrible political truths they uncover”.Two Colombian writers are taking part in the International Literature Festival Dublin in May.

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