A novel approach to NualaHugo Hamilton’s new book travels into strange and slightly spooky literary territory. It’s a fictionalised account of a trip to Berlin that he made with his fellow writer Nuala O’Faolain just before her death, from cancer, in May 2008Sat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
The Brazilian front: rich ground for the pioneering readerMost readers of contemporary fiction would struggle to name 10 Brazilian authors. Novelist João Almino met a group of literature students at Trinity recently to tell us what we’re missingTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
Heaney would be happy: new Irish literature chair at TCDChris Morash today becomes the first Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, funded by philanthropistsMon Jan 20 2014 - 01:00
Meet the new wave of Irish literary novelistsIrish crime and thriller writers have made quite a mark in recent years. Now it’s the turn of a new wave of Irish literary novelists. Five debut writers introduce their booksSat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
Patrick McCabe brings bog gothic to the small screenRTÉ sent McCabe to Castleblayney, ‘the Nashville of Ireland’, for a month to write a play set thereTue Jan 14 2014 - 01:00
Downloading ‘The Dead’ – an online journey into JoyceA new app of the classic story brings pre-first World War Dublin to lifeMon Jan 06 2014 - 01:00
Come join the festival fun in 2014From Malin to Mizen, here’s a selection of more than 80 festivals throughout the country for the year aheadMon Dec 30 2013 - 01:00
Turning the page: the year ahead in booksIrish writers, including a plethora of debut novelists, feature prominently in 2014’s literary line-upSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Hot, dry and sunny – a long time comingSummer 2013 started late but then it seemed to go on . . . and on, and had us basking in soaring temperatures and glorious autumn foliageSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
O Come, All Ye Faithful: But world record eludes carollers in Croke ParkOver 11,000 singers assenble at GAA headquartersFri Dec 20 2013 - 01:00
The trouble with men: ‘We’re constantly competing, and we all lose’Actor and poet Carlos Andrés Gómez is in Ballymun to spread an anti-macho messageTue Dec 10 2013 - 01:00
Wicked casts its spellDefying the critics, and gravity, ‘Wicked’ is an epic, enjoyable eveningFri Dec 06 2013 - 10:17
Band of brothers: the Lockout with music and dancingThe Abbey Theatre’s adaptation of James Plunkett’s 1958 play ‘The Risen People’ takes in elements of music hall and vaudeville, and discards Jim LarkinFri Dec 06 2013 - 01:00
Dún Laoghaire students get to grips with the future of television and filmIADT’s investment in green screen and HD technology is preparing students for the way modern film and TV workThu Dec 05 2013 - 01:00
Killer instinct: a golden age of Irish crime fictionIrish crime writing is booming. Ahead of a weekend festival, some of the writers who have their fingerprints all over this crime wave discuss the reasons behind itThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
Alex Rider’s nemesis: from terrified teen to assassinAnthony Horowitz’s new novel tells the backstory of Alex Rider’s arch enemy, the killer Yassen GregorovichFri Nov 01 2013 - 01:00
Jo Nesbo: ‘Fictional violence can have a beauty to it’The first Harry Hole thrillers could be toe-curlingly savage. Ten novels later, Jo Nesbo is still putting his detective in dangerous places – and it’s starting to take its tollSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
The story of Rowan Hamilton in 64 sonnetsAn Irishwoman’s Diary: A sum of poetry and mathsMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:21
Bog bodies and frogs in alcohol: meet the man with the keys to our pastThe director of the National Museum, Raghnall Ó Floinn, talks about his plans to innovate in a frugal age and how to deal with kids wielding Bronze Age swordsMon Oct 14 2013 - 01:00
The Times We Lived In: Hair-raising weatherPhotograph by Frank Miller, first oublished on February 2nd, 1990Sat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00
Robert Harris: ‘That’s what I most enjoy – to take something real and bring it alive’No novelist would dare dream up the Dreyfus affair, the spy scandal that engulfed France, but the author of ‘Fatherland’, ‘Enigma’ and ‘Ghost’ effectively tells its story in his new book, ‘An Officer and a Spy’Sat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00
A journalist’s novel move from newsHe has covered three tribunals, but now Colm Keena has written a book about what happens to a bishop when he tells the truth, writes Arminta WallaceSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
The call of the islesAn Irishwoman’s Diary: When an island becomes a state of mindSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
James Galway: ‘The flute was like a computer game to me – always going to the next stage’The flautist is in Dublin tonight to collect a lifetime achievement award. It’s a far cry from Carnalea Street, in east BelfastSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
The times we lived in: tragic fire on Parnell StreetPublished March 28th, 1972Sat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
Heart of Glass: how Dublin Guitar Quartet earned the composer’s approvalEven bats go wild for the quartet’s take on Philip Glass’s musicThu Sept 26 2013 - 01:00
The Irish spy novel comes in from the coldAndrew Hughes’s debut is based on a true story of murder, betrayal and double-dealing in Victorian DublinTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
Calcutta: Two Years in the City, By Amit ChaudhuriReviewed by Arminta WallaceSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
Keeping society civil: the best of all worlds?Is civil society the best kind for humanity – or could we do better?Tue Sept 03 2013 - 01:00
Time for Tee: the magic of everyday objectsJennifer Tee’s sculptures, urns and rugs aim to put the audience off balanceTue Aug 27 2013 - 01:00
To the lighthouse: a hike to Sheep’s HeadOur Going Coastal series continues. Many are drawn to the glittering waters of Dunmanus Bay, one of our last unspoiled stretches of coastThu Aug 15 2013 - 01:00
Books in the bath, dancing from Dusk till dawn and other Kilkenny attractionsThe Taming of the Shrew is a ghastly play but, like much else at Kilkenny Arts Festival, it’s handled with wit and made wonderfulMon Aug 12 2013 - 18:19
Lia Williams: ‘She’s funny, she’s complex, she’s fragile and strong. She’s all of woman, really’Lia Williams tackled her role in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by researching Tennessee Williams – ‘because he is Blanche’Wed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00
The immortal qualities of a Kindle page-turnerRobin Sloan loves old and new media, and his new novel brings together the best qualities of eachMon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Ron Rash: Smoky Mountain darkness: ‘There’s that physical sense of not getting enough light’The Appalachian writer Ron Rash brings his dark southern tales to the Kilkenny Arts FestivalFri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
‘Knee Deep’ is hard to categorise – and even harder to believeThe Casus quartet’s show would be very low-key if it wasn’t so jaw-droppingTue Jul 23 2013 - 18:07
Galway Arts Festival reaches a climaxCity fills with people coming to check out a host of free street theatre eventsMon Jul 22 2013 - 09:03
Under the stones of AchillAn Irishwoman’s Diary: Weaving the story of an island heroineSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Man on wire: putting the fun into funambulismEnglish high-wire walker Chris Bull aims to cross the river Suir this week – 30ft up – as part of the Clonmel Junction FestivalThu Jul 11 2013 - 01:00
Public apology, private apocalypse: deconstructed by Jonathan DeeJonathan Dee’s new novel asks whether the big apology by a disgraced public figure is genuinely therapeutic, or just an empty ritualSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
Hay at Kells: Bogs, boys and absolute brillianceJohn Banville played his cards with a masterful poker face, there was poetry in the beer garden, and DBC Pierre did his best to steal the show with a fascinating, final showdownMon Jul 01 2013 - 11:11
