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Here are the books some of our favourite faces read and loved in 2017
THERE’S NOTHING better than getting a few great book recommendations, right?
We chatted to some Irish authors, writers, comedians and playwrights to find out their favourite books of 2017.
Marian Keyes
Twitter / Goodreads Twitter / Goodreads / Goodreads
Marian Keyes needs no introduction – her 15th (fifteenth!) novel, The Break, was released to great acclaim in September. Her favourite book of 2017 is the winner of this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction:
Sarah Breen
Twitter / Marian Keyes Twitter / Marian Keyes / Marian Keyes
Sarah is one half of the duo that brought us the juggernaut that is Oh My God What A Complete Aisling, which as of this month is to become a trilogy.
Emer McLysaght
Gill Books / Amazon Gill Books / Amazon / Amazon
Emer (formerly of this parish) is the other half of that formidable duo, and dipped in to some classics this year:
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Twitter / Doireann Ní Ghríofa Twitter / Doireann Ní Ghríofa / Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Darach is the author of Motherfoclóir, which sprang from the now-indispensable The Irish For Twitter account. Naturally, his books of the year include an Irish language pick:
Alison Spittle
RTÉ / Gill Books RTÉ / Gill Books / Gill Books
This year, Alison wrote and starred in the uproarious Nowhere Fast, the Midlands-set RTÉ comedy that gave us a 3in1 proposal. Her stand up show, Alison Spittle: Worrier Princess, hits Vicar Street on January 13.
Tara Flynn
Twitter / Little Island Twitter / Little Island / Little Island
Tara is an author and playwright who has become one of the leading voices in the campaign to repeal the Eighth Amendment. Her play on that subject, Not A Funny Word, is part of the Abbey Theatre’s programme for 2018.
Ryan Tubridy
Ryan Tubridy Show / Amazon Ryan Tubridy Show / Amazon / Amazon
Ryan writes children’s books we think? Only joking. Well, kind of. He is of course the presenter of the Late Late, as well as the author of this year’s Patrick and the President.
His pick is a novel based on the life of comedian Stan Laurel:
Sarah Griffin
Twitter / Goodreads Twitter / Goodreads / Goodreads
Sarah’s first novel, Spare and Found Parts, was published in Ireland earlier this year – she also wrote the beautiful poem that accompanied the Repeal Project’s striking We Face This Land video.
The DailyEdge.ie team were also stuck into the books this year – here’s what they loved:
Nicola Byrne
Goodreads Goodreads
Kelly Earley
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Fionnuala Jones
Goodreads Goodreads
Valerie Loftus
Goodreads Goodreads
Here’s to another great year of books and reading!
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