Paul Lynch

Jan 30, 2025 | barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Margaret Atwood |Paul Lynch |Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

What to Read Now: Dystopian FictionWith an uptick of interest in speculative and dystopian fiction, we’ve gathered a few of our favorites to help you stack up your TBR. Stories about descents into authoritarianism, the rising tide of fascism, the dangers of censorship and the importance of community and resistance, these are dystopian novels that can’t be missed. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart.

Nov 12, 2024 | thebookerprizes.substack.com | Samantha Harvey |Paul Lynch |Penelope Fitzgerald

Orbitalby Samantha Harvey is today, Tuesday, 12 November, named the winner of the Booker Prize 2024. Harvey receives £50,000 and a trophy, which was presented to her by Paul Lynch, last year’s winner, at a ceremony held at Old Billingsgate in London. Orbital, which is Harvey’s fifth novel and sixth book, takes place over a single day in the life of six astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station.

Oct 11, 2024 | shepherd.com | Colm Toibin |Paul Lynch |Kazuo Ishiguro |David Clensy

Myfavorite read in 2024…Long Island by Colm Tóibín, published in 2024, is a compelling sequel to his acclaimed novel Brooklyn. Set over two decades after Eilis Lacey's initial journey to America, the story delves into her return to Ireland amidst personal turmoil. Eilis, now in her forties and living in Long Island with her husband Tony and their teenage children, faces a crisis when she learns of Tony's infidelity and the impending birth of his child with another woman.

Jun 19, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Michael Williams |Paul Lynch

This week we return to the Melbourne Writers’ Festival to hear a conversation between Michael and Booker Prize-winning author Paul Lynch. They discuss how Paul became a writer, and why he doesn’t think Prophet Song is a political novel. For many years, Irish writer Paul Lynch was a household name…in France. And while his work was popular in translation, and received numerous French literary awards, it was still considered niche.

Apr 26, 2024 | bookbrowse.com | Paul Lynch

Write your own review! Donna McEachern Extraordinary. After reading four pages, I realized Prophet Song is a book that possesses the reader, so I read it fairly non-stop in two days. First, this is the most disturbing book I’ve read in years. Second, it’s also an intimate portrayal of a country plunging into chaos, painstakingly demonstrated through one family and specifically Eilish’s internal journey.