Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna & Reeling in the Queers by Paraic Kerrigan
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 11:15
TWO MU graduates, Oisin McKenna and Páraic Kerrigan, are shortlisted for Irish Book Awards this year.
Oisin graduated from the BA English in 2012 and is in the Newcomer of the Year category for his novel Evenings and Weekends: https://www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/evenings-and-weekends/
Páraic graduated from the MA Gender & Sexuality in Writing and Culture in 2014 and went on to complete his PhD in Media Studies in 2019. His book Reeling in the Queers: Tales of Ireland’s LGBTQ Past is in the Best Irish-Published Book of the Year category: https://www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/reeling-in-the-queers-tales-of-irelands-lgbtq-past/
Voting is open until 14 November: https://www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
