Solar Bones link round-up

It’s been an insane month for Mike McCormack and Solar Bones, winning the Goldsmith Prize, the Irish Book Award Novel of the Year, and being nominated for the Republic of Consciousness Prize. Here’s a little link round up:

o http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37925038

o http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/mike-mccormack-says-goldsmiths-prize-win-is-payback-for-his-publisher-tramp-1.2861887

o http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2016/11/mike-mccormack-wins-2016-goldsmiths-prize-his-novel-solar-bones(‘McCormack’s writing has a quality of attention that caused Blake Morrison, the chair of the judges, to proclaim this novel “a masterpiece”)

o https://www.rte.ie/culture/2016/1109/830456-michael-mccormack/

o https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/09/single-sentence-novel-mike-mccormack-solar-bones-wins-goldsmiths-prize-books

o https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/irish-author-mike-mccormack-wins-115k-for-one-sentence-book-solar-bones-430030.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=click&utm_campaign=nextandprev

o http://www.thebookseller.com/news/solar-bones-mike-mccormack-wins-goldsmiths-prize-2016-429626

o http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/irish-author-mike-mccormack-wins-10000-pounds-award-for-his-single-line-novel-solar-bones-4370341/

o http://www.signature-reads.com/2016/11/astrid-lindgrens-daughter-recalls-origin-of-pippi-longstocking/

o https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/11/goldsmiths-prize-mike-mccormack?CMP=share_btn_link

o http://www.mayonews.ie/living/staying-in/28929-stellar-achievement-for-solar-bones

o http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/news-from-the-world-of-books/article9334171.ece

o http://nation.com.pk/snippets/11-Nov-2016/briefs

o http://espanol.upi.com/Curiosidades/2016/11/10/Novela-escrita-en-una-sola-oracin-gana-Premio-Goldsmiths-En-Inglaterra/3391478800353/

o Galway Advertiser

· We’re also in the Dutch Book News: http://mustreads.nl/opmerkelijk-roman-van-een-zin-wint-goldsmiths-prize/

· Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Award for Best Novel of the Year:

o http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/bord-g%C3%A1is-energy-irish-book-awards-winning-authors-revealed-1.2870516?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

o http://www.mayonews.ie/living/staying-in/28971-mayo-authors-win-irish-book-awards

o http://www.hotpress.com/Mike-McCormack-wins-book-of-the-year-at-Bord-Gis-Energy-Irish-Book-Awards/19180166.html?r15=1

o http://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/88795/its-magic-for-writer-mike-as-he-scoops-two-awards

http://www.image.ie/entertainment/article/bord-gais-energy-irish-book-awards-the-winners/

http://www.rte.ie/player/us/show/the-bord-gais-energy-irish-book-awards-2016-2763/10652034/

 

More to follow, no doubt. Thank you to everyone who’s been in touch to congratulate Mike!