Dee Barragry takes Staróg Prize as awards season heats up
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John Banville appears at the Leaves Festival of Writing and Music, Co Laois. Photo: Leonardo Cendamo
Congratulations to Dublin-based Dee Barragry who has won the inaugural Staróg Prize for a children’s writer. Her magical middle-grade tale The Lampwick Chronicles captivated me and my fellow judges, Denise Johnstone-Burt and Gráinne Clear (respectively Publishing Director and Editorial Director for Fiction at Walker Books) and literary agent Polly Nolan.
Barragry’s prize is a publishing deal with Walker Books and representation by Nolan. The runners up were Kevin Moran and Ruth Stevenson.
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