The Arts Council is delighted at the news that Mary Costello has won the Eason Novel of the Year Award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2014 for her début novel Academy Street. Mary received an Literature Bursary in 2011 and a two-year Literature Bursary in 2013. Her short story collection, The China Factory, was published by the Stinging Fly Press, an Arts Council-supported publisher. Read her interview with the Arts Council on the value of receiving a bursary.
The Arts Council also congratulates publisher Tramp Press on receiving the award for Best Irish-Published Book of the Year for its short story collection, Dubliners 100, which was edited by Thomas Morris. Tramp Press received support under the Publications/Title by Title Scheme for the publication of this title, and Thomas Morris received a Literature Bursary for his own writing in 2012 and again in 2014. He is the current editor of The Stinging Fly.
Paul Durcan was awarded the 2014 Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Arts Council is immensely pleased to see the poet honoured in this way. Paul is a former Ireland Professor of Poetry and a member of Aosdána.
Finally, the Arts Council extends its congratulations to Colin Barrett on the news that he has won the Guardian First Book Award for his collection Young Skins. Colin has received three bursaries from the Arts Council: in 2010, in 2011 and in 2013. Read his interview with the Arts Council on the value of receiving a bursary. Young Skins was originally published by the Stinging Fly Press, with support from the Arts Council.
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