Celebrated novelists Rupert Thomson and Claire Kilroy convened yesterday at the prestigious residence of the French Ambassador to decide the winners of the 42nd Hennessy Literary Awards. Joined by New Irish Writing page editor Ciaran Carty, the three judges will select winners in three Hennessy Literary Awards categories; First Fiction, Emerging Fiction and Poetry. The overall winners will be revealed at the Hennessy Literary Awards ceremony on Tuesday, 16th April 2013 from a shortlist, which was announced earlier this month in the Irish Independent.
Rupert Thomson, (author of a selection of novels including Death of a Murderer, Book of Revelations and the recently critically acclaimed Secrecy), and Claire Kilroy, (author of The Devil I Know), join a list of renowned literary icons that have been on the Hennessy Literary Awards’ judging panel over the years including Giles Foden, Fay Weldon, Ian McEwan, John Boyne, Edna O’Brien and Melvyn Bragg.
Ciaran Carty, the consistent judge each year, is also to venture further into the literary world with his new novel-cum-memoir Intimacy with Strangers which is published by Lilliput Press this April and offers a brightly original and thought-provoking approach to celebrity interviewing and provides a distinctive portrait of an ever- changing Ireland.
Since 2003, the Hennessy Literary Awards have also celebrated the success and achievements of established Irish writers by inducting one eminent writer each year into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame, joining writers such as John Boyne, Sebastian Barry, Dermot Bolger, Frank McGuinness, Anne Enright, Hugo Hamiltion and Neil Jordan. This year’s event will see the tenth key figure from the Irish literary world inducted into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame.
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The Irish Sponsorship Awards have been launched to celebrate outstanding achievement, success and implementation in world-class sponsorship in Ireland and so Elevate is delighted to be among the lucky few to be shortlisted for the prize.
With 16 categories in total ranging from entertainment to charity, activation to innovation the awards display the full breadth and quality of the discipline of sponsorship in Ireland.
Elevate have been nominated with our client Hennessy for two awards; Best Sport Sponsorship with the Hennessy Gold Cup and Best Arts Sponsorship with the Hennessy Literary Awards.
The Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown Racecourse is widely regarded as Ireland’s premiere racing event with the very best in sport as well as style. Playing host to an array of well known faces, Hennessy treats guests in the Pavilion to the VIP treatment before revealing who is to be honored with the title of the Hennessy Best Dressed Lady. The sponsorship continues to cement Hennessy’s association with and support of winter racing in Ireland.
Now coming into its 42nd year, the Hennessy Literary Awards has long been thought of as the cornerstone of Irish literary accolades, supporting and acknowledging emerging writers while honoring established authors by inducting them into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame. Last year’s inductee was renowned Irish novelist, John Boyne, who joined an esteemed group of literary talent including Sebastian Barry, Dermot Bolger, Frank McGuinness, Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton and Neil Jordan.
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Winners are to be announced on Wednesday, December 5th so watch this space!
Dalai Lama visits Ireland
RTÉ announced the winners of the nationwide art competition, ARTifact, this week. The winners were Hana Hudak, a DIT student from Maynooth in Kildare, Anne McGill from Tyrone, and the students of Lenamore National School in North Kerry, who were very excited to meet RyanTubridy.
Speaking of Mr Tubridy, he will present Graham Norton’s BBC Radio 2 show on Saturday mornings during the Summer.
It’s United v City in the Manchester Derby this Saturday in the FA Cup Semi-Final, KO is at 5:15pm
The itinerary for the Royal Wedding revealed
Congratulations to the winners of the 40th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards; Siobhan Mannion for ‘Lightning Bugs’ (First Fiction), Afric McGlinchey for ‘Do Not Lie To A Lover’ / ‘Under The Heart, A Horseshoe Shape’ (Emerging Poetry) and Eileen Casey for ‘Macaw’ (Emerging Fiction). Siobhan Mannion was named the overall Hennessy New Irish Writer, 2010 and renowned Irish novelist, playwright and poet Sebastian Barry was inducted into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame, receiving his award from President McAleese.
