Literary and Historical Society planned to honour ‘one of Ireland’s most celebrated and courageous literary voices’ Events
Sally Rooney, Graham Linehan, Kneecap and John Boyne have all been caught up in controversy Events
Petition called on Polari to remove book by Boyne, who previously expressed gender-critical views Events
The organisation apologised for longlisting Boyne, who has described himself as a ‘terf’. Politics
Over 800 authors have taken issue with the inclusion of the Irish author longlist on the longlist for an LGBTQ+ literature prize, causing 10 people to withdraw from the competition. Politics
