Galway-born writer Lisa McInerney has been awarded a literary prize for her second novel, Cork-set 'The Blood Miracles'.

Light reads, accessible history and gripping novels are championed by the people we asked to recommend their best reads of 2017, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

Lisa McInerney’s new novel continues her exploration of Cork’s seedy underbelly. Whatever the city’s faults, however, she still has a grá for the place she used to call home, writes Marjorie Brennan

Lisa McInerney is the hottest new writer around and has based her debut crime novel in Cork City. Tanya Sweeney spoke to her about the new book, college in Cork, and her life in Galway.