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    DEBUT AUTHOR WINS BEST NEW IRISH WRITER AT LIMERICK LITERARY FESTIVAL

    Booktrade.info
    March 4 2015

    Posted at 7:25AM Wednesday 04 Mar 2015

    The O'Brien Press is pleased to announce that Martine Madden was
    announced as the Limerick Literary Festival's Best New Irish Writer
    for her debut novel, Anyush.

    The award, which was open to the public vote, was presented to
    Martine Madden by RTE's Sean Rocks at the closing ceremony of the
    literary festival on February 22nd. Anyush, a love story set against
    the backdrop of the Armenian Turkish conflict of 1915, received 86%
    of the online vote.

    Responding to the news of her win, Martine said, "I'm delighted to
    have won this award. There has been an extremely positive response
    to Anyush, in Ireland and abroad, so it means a lot to me that this
    was as a result of a public vote."

    Ivan O'Brien, MD of The O'Brien Press said, "It's great to see a book
    that tackles a serious subject winning the popular vote. Martine's
    passion for the people of Armenia and their great losses in the
    genocide of 1915 shines through this gripping novel. The people of
    Limerick are clearly very discerning readers."

    http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/58394/

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