Paul Lynch
@paullynchwriter
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Irish novelist: Five novels including PROPHET SONG, winner of the Booker Prize 2023. Distinguished Writing Fellow at Maynooth University. Member of @Aosdána
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Joined April 2011
I’m so very honoured to learn that #ProphetSong has been awarded the US’s Dayton Literary Peace Prize for fiction, which recognises “the power of the written word to foster peace, social justice and global understanding”. A trip to Dayton, Ohio awaits… @groveatlantic
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Prophet Song has been shortlisted for the US’s Dayton Literary Peace Prize alongside fellow Oneworld author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai 👇👇
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Now Representing: Paul Lynch, author of "Prophet Song," Winner of the 2023 Booker Prize! Welcome to the Tuesday family, @paullynchwriter!!🥳
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An essay I’ve written for the @nytimes: “ We are no longer alienated from the world, but alienated from ourselves.” https://t.co/cUkmtDhI58
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The constant distractions of modern life have become an excuse to avoid the search for meaning.
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Tks to my neighbour Mohan Rao I read Prophet Song by @paullynchwriter. The writing is as poetic & luminous as the narrative is dense & black, a luminous black. Most reviews-from the West-have focused on the 'What if' factor: could this breakdown of democracy happen here? But..
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Reading this book from a spot in the Global South the book resonated differently. Large passages of the book could be transposed to the reality of life here (I am in India) & to our neighbourhood where people undertake perilous crossings to escape suffocating tyrannies.
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Not a 'What if' of the future but a call to the reality of the present: of those crossing borders, of the incarcerated, of entire peoples waiting for a global response to their horrifying situation that never comes. To me the book says: 'Recognise, they are us.' @paullynchwriter
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Thrilled to learn that Prophet Song has been shortlisted for a major European award, Italy’s Strega European Prize. I doff my cap to my formidable translator Riccardo Duranti, with thanks to my publisher @66thand2nd
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Some news: I am excited to announce that I will be joining Maynooth University as Distinguished Writing Fellow where I will be teaching on the MA in Creative Writing. I’m thrilled to be a part of this writing program alongside a team of brilliant colleagues…
Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch appointed Distinguished Writing Fellow ✍️ Maynooth University is delighted to announce that 2023 Booker Prize Winner @paullynchwriter has been appointed Maynooth University Distinguished Writing Fellow. https://t.co/TweU8eiLZT
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Great to meet @paullynchwriter today and congratulate him on winning the #BookerPrize2023 for his incredible book, Prophet Song. Glad to hear of how supportive @artscouncil_ie has been of his work and that of other Irish writers.
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That moment when you’ve done 60 interview since 26 November and now they want you to sign 2,000 books in one sitting. Thank you @WaterstonesPicc (For the record, it took 1hr, 25min) with a team of four.
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This is Juliet Mabey, my UK publisher who just won her third Booker Prize by publishing @paullynchwriter 's novel. During my UK book tour, she drove me, hosted me at her home, carried my luggage, cooked for me. What a special person she is!The literary world is lucky to have her
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It has been many years since a Booker Prize winner resonated as strongly with our customers as 'Prophet Song.' After extraordinary demand, we can confirm that @paullynchwriter's haunting, page turning novel is now back in stock, with plenty of copies available. @OneworldNews.
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The big window is looking suitably festive & ‘Pauly’ today! For those who won’t be able to make it in on Friday but who would like a signed copy of Prophet Song, please DM & we will arrange!
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I have been receiving a lot of requests for signed copies of #ProphetSong. Do not fear. I shall be at the mighty @chaptersbooks in Dublin this Friday at 5pm armed with a pen. Might see you there.
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This is Juliet Mabey (@Jule9), my editor and publisher. Since 2009, when she started publishing fiction at @OneworldNews, she has published three Booker Prize-winning novels. LEGEND.
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Well, helloooo. Paul Murray and I meet HM The Queen at Clarence House yesterday morning while the Third Paul (Harding) lurks in the background @TheBookerPrizes @OneworldNews
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Paul Lynch answers readers' questions about his #BookerPrize2023-shortlisted novel, Prophet Song. Watch to hear all about Lynch's inspirations behind the book, the power of fiction to change lives and why Ireland produces the best novelists.
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I'll be signing stacks of books and putting on my best Grinch face this Friday at 6pm at @Hodges_Figgis for their Christmas launch, alongside my dear frenemy Paul Murray and other writers. (Yes, yes, Christmas has started early).
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