Nero Book Awards judges praise novel for ‘sheer quality of its writing ... brilliant dialogue ... characters ... wit and ...

Irish author Colin Barrett is one of four authors who claimed a top prize in the Nero Book Awards, winning in the category of ‘debut fiction’ for his first novel.

Colin Barrett and Liz Hyder are among those named as winners of the Nero Awards Books of the Year for 2024. Four books have ...

Irish author Colin Barrett is among the four authors who have claimed a top prize in the Nero Book Awards, taking home the ...

The second year of the literary awards saw Sophie Elmhirst’s Maurice And Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story Of Shipwreck, ...

Barrett's short stories have been "gathering acclaim for the past decade", and now he has written his first novel, said Johanna Thomas-Corr in The Sunday Times. "Wild Houses" is a "thrillingly ...

Mayo writer Colin Barrett has won the Nero Book Awards debut fiction prize for his first novel, Wild Houses. The novel, which ...

Colin Barrett's Wild Houses has won Best Debut category in this year's Nero Book Awards . . . for the sheer quality of its ...

while Wild Houses by Colin Barrett snapped up the debut fiction gong, and The Twelve by Liz Hyder named the children’s fiction winner. Judges praised Leslie’s story of three women travelling ...