{"title":"Alan Murrin Collection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 71\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlan Murrin \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis an Irish fiction writer based in Berlin. In 2021 he was the winner of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBournemouth Writing Prize for his short story “The Wake”, which went on to be shortlisted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efor short story of the year at the Irish Book Awards. His work has been short-listed for the Irish Arts and Writers Festival short story prize, the New Irish Writing in Germany Prize, and he was long-listed for the 2021 University of Essex International short story prize. He writes for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTimes Literary Supplement \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpectator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. His writing on art and photography has \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eappeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt Review \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 72\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePerfect for fans of Claire Keegan, Elizabeth Strout and Colm Tóibín.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAs a novel in progress, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe Coast Road \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ewas shortlisted for the Peters Fraser Dunlop Queer Fiction Prize and longlisted for the Caledonia New Novel Award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"alan-murrin-the-coast-road-2024-paperback","title":"Alan Murrin: The Coast Road [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Murrin writes with the calm, poetic fluency of the best of Irish writers ... 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