Michael Magee was born and grew up in West Belfast. He is the fiction editor of The Tangerine, and his work has appeared in Winter Papers, The Stinging Fly, and The Lifeboat, and in The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Writing. He recently received his PhD in creative writing from Queen’s University, Belfast. Close to Home is his first novel.
Awards: Waterstones (2023), Rooney (2023), Nero (2023) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction
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The Benefactors (2025)
Wendy Erskine
"The Benefactors is an astonishing novel from a writer at the height of her powers. There's not a sentence I don't believe, or a character I don't feel something for. Whole worlds are conjured, and through these worlds, a variousness of voices and perspectives that bring to life a plethora of lived experiences, often contradictory, but deeply human. Wendy Erskine is a true artist, and what a joy it is to read her."
The Boyhood of Cain (2025)
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"The Boyhood of Cain is a beautiful coming-of-age story told with subtlety and style. Amherst writes movingly about childhood, friendship, and the often conflicting internal struggles of a boy trying to find his place in the world."
Free Therapy (2024)
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"Sharp, astute and painfully funny, Rebecca Ivory has written a powerful collection of stories. I genuinely couldn't get enough."
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