Colin Barrett has won the Nero Book Awards debut fiction prize for his first novel, Wild Houses, about a small-town drugs feud, a kidnapping and a life-altering weekend in Co Mayo, where he grew up.

Irish author Colin Barrett is among the four authors who have claimed a top prize in the Nero Book Awards, taking home the debut fiction award for his novel Wild Houses. Set in Co Mayo ...

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 ...

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. Four books have been chosen ...

Irish-Canadian author Colin Barrett is among four winners of the 2024 Nero Book Awards for his debut novel, Wild Houses. Barrett's debut dark comedy novel, set in Co Mayo, follows a small-town ...