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New York is the worst place in the world, my taxi driver told me. Not that night, not to me

I looked at Manhattan, trying to work out how a person like me could exist in it. The snow settled on my lashes and I knew I was home, says writer Megan Nolan

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Anne Enright and Isabella Hammad make the Women’s prize for fiction longlist

Three Irish authors – including Claire Kilroy and Megan Nolan – and Booker-shortlisted Brit Chetna Maroo sit among the 16 nominees, eight of them debut novels

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Gordon Burn prize announces ‘blazing’ shortlist

Seven-strong shortlist of boundary-pushing books ranges from an Arctic coming-of-age novel to nonfiction about the IRA’s Brighton bombing

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Megan Nolan: ‘People say you shouldn’t do an issues novel’

The award-winning Irish novelist on the psychology of violence, why prurience is natural and writing in bed

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Sex toys, selfishness and why we won’t settle: life as a single woman, across the generations

Uncoupled doesn’t have to mean incomplete. Eight writers - from their 20s to 90s - celebrate single life as a destination of its own

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Paul Murray and Fern Brady shortlisted for inaugural Nero awards

The prizes, which have picked up from the abruptly cancelled Costa awards, cover fiction, debut fiction, children’s fiction and non-fiction

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Single minded: people with public lives on the pleasures of solitude

Joe Lycett likes to get into nature, chef Ravinder Bhogal strolls around her local area, Kirsty Wark heads for a Scottish loch… Nine famous faces reveal how they like to spend time when they’re on their own

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Awards and sales bring anxiety and ego, say young authors

Success in literary London can cause problems

Evening Standard

Summer books: the hottest novels to bring you holiday bliss, whatever the weather

Whether you fancy a politicised love story, a look into the lives of the super-rich or the fictional autobiography of a medieval mystic, Alex Peake-Tomkinson has the coolest must-reads to distract — whatever the extreme weather

Evening Standard

Don’t meal-shame me: a table for one at a restaurant I love is the ultimate indulgence

One London restaurant has a minimum spend for solo diners. Doesn’t it understand the pleasure of taking yourself to dinner, asks writer Megan Nolan

The Guardian - UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan and The Baby Does A Runner by Anita Rani.

The Independent UK

‘I grew up on an “estate from hell” but I have no idea what class I am’: novelist Megan Nolan on the conundrum of identity

Growing up in the Ballybeg area of Waterford, the author never gave a thought to her origins. But seeing her home demonised in the media made her think about what it really means to be working class

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Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review – lyrical tale of a family accused

An Irish family in early 90s London become tabloid scapegoats in this politically astute novel of lives foreclosed

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Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review – a page-turning tale of scandal and misery

Tabloid journalism and a mother whose daughter is suspected of murder are the catalyst for this compelling, compassionate follow-up to Acts of Desperation

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I thought therapy would bring me happiness – why does it feel more elusive than ever?

In the past few years I’ve been forced to confront my competing desires: the thrill of chaos or the comfort of security, says Megan Nolan

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My biggest regret: was it a mistake to leave Ireland?

The longer I stay away, the less I feel completely truthful when I tell people I’m Irish – although I’m certainly nothing else

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Someone said I was funny, so I tried standup comedy. It was bad. Very bad

A natural talent for making people laugh is unburdened by effort. To perform on stage is something quite different, says writer Megan Nolan

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Of course tattoos are a mistake. That’s the beauty of them

In a way Melanie Phillips is right: my dazzlingly pointless collection does undermine the sanctity of my body, says writer Megan Nolan

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I love living on my own – so why am I so scared of the dark?

Megan Nolan always dreamed of having her own lovely home. But now terrifying thoughts keep her awake at night. Here, the author wonders why

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they’ve enjoyed in January

Megan Nolan, Rishi Dastidar, Alison Flood and Guardian reader gladarvor discuss the titles they’ve read over the last month

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