ON a hot afternoon in June, 1969, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, as part of a country tour, arrives in the northern village of Slootdorp.

The Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vasquez has won the 2014 Impac Dublin Award for his novel The Sound of Things Falling.

After Kevin Barry’s win last year, could Dónal Ryan land the IMPAC prize for Ireland again? Orlagh Ní Arrachtáin looks at the contenders.

The Detour

The shortlist for the world's richest literary prize has been announced - with three British and one Irish authors making the grade.