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Dara Kavanagh

@darakavanagh

Dara Kavanagh is a Dublin writer, translator and poet.
Novels 'Prague 1938' and 'Jabberwock' out now from @dedalusbooks. Ho/hum

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โ€œ[Dara Kavanagh] has written a vivid coming-of-age morality tale set in pre-WWII Prague that holds a magic mirror up to our own strange and disrupted timesโ€ โ€“ Paul Lynch Booker Prize Winner on Prague 1938

โ€œ[Dara Kavanagh] has written a vivid coming-of-age morality tale set in pre-WWII Prague that holds a magic mirror up to our own strange and disrupted timesโ€ โ€“ Paul Lynch Booker Prize Winner on Prague 1938
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We have entered Jabberwock by Dara Kavanagh for The Orwell Political Fiction Prize. It will give the judges something very different and upflifting to read.

We have entered Jabberwock by Dara Kavanagh for The Orwell Political Fiction Prize. It will give the judges something very different and upflifting to read.
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I'm delighted with this latest detailed and hugely empathetic ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ review of 'Jabberwock' Dedalus Books goodreads.com/review/show/58โ€ฆ

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If you're feeling reflective or inspired over Christmas and New Year, issue 11 is open tomorrow for submissions of poetry, artwork and photography. drawntothelightpress.com/submissions/

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"Set in a parallel reality roughly a quarkโ€™s breadth from our own, Jabberwock is a laugh-out-loud love letter to language itself, and arguably the greatest treasure trove of terrible literary puns ever published. " ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ What's not to like??!

"Set in a parallel reality roughly a quarkโ€™s breadth from our own, Jabberwock is a laugh-out-loud love letter to language itself, and arguably the greatest treasure trove of terrible literary puns ever published. " ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ
What's not to like??!
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SIX reasons why 'Jabberwock' (Dedalus Books) just might be the perfect stocking-filler. ๐Ÿงฆ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽ„ Don't just take my word for it, either! @MumblinDeafRo Kevin Curran @ArtRiordan Declan Burke Tommy Gilhooly

SIX reasons why 'Jabberwock' (<a href="/dedalusbooks/">Dedalus Books</a>) just might be the perfect stocking-filler. ๐Ÿงฆ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽ„
Don't just take my word for it, either!

@MumblinDeafRo  <a href="/kevlcurran/">Kevin Curran</a>  @ArtRiordan  <a href="/declanburke/">Declan Burke</a>  <a href="/gilhoolytommy/">Tommy Gilhooly</a>
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Jabberwock - โ€œan anarchic novel full of delights and fromulous pleasuresโ€, a very impressive feat of construction, one deeply embedded in literature Dedalus Books (14/16) goodreads.com/review/show/58โ€ฆ

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"Kavanaghโ€™s novel is an immensely enjoyable tour-de-force." Don't you just love when a reviewer absolutely gets your novel...with thanks to Historical Novel Society for this fine assessment. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ Dedalus Books historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/jabberโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿ“šDelighted to announce my third novel with Dedalus Books, 'Scorched Earth', set during the Second Boer War and its aftermath, will be launched in Hodges Figgis this coming October!