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Interview by Professor Frank Shovlin, Institute of Irish Studies, with Hilary Fannin, winner of the 2020 John McGahern Book Prize 2020 for her debut novel The Weight of Love (Doubleday).
The John McGahern Annual Book prize of £5,000 is for the best debut work of fiction - either novel or collection of short stories - by an Irish writer or writer resident in Ireland for more than 5 years, published in a given year. For more information about the Book prize, please go to https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studies/john-mcgahern-book-prize/