The Irish Times journalist, who died in 2018, interviewed O’Brien – who has died aged 93 – in her London home in 2006

Debut by Catalan multimedia artist is brisk philosophical narrative with sharp set pieces

William Gay’s Dickensian feel for character makes even this rambling story surge with life

This fast-flowing sequel continues the search for hero Vernon, who is in full-blown freefall

Songs sung a thousand times lose none of their mystique at Paul Simon's farewell concert in Dublin

Paul Simon’s last Irish concert the RDS Dublin will be an intense, emotional evening

From the archive: Eileen Battersby’s review of ‘The English Patient’ by Michael Ondaatje, originally published on September 12th, 1992

Special accolade celebrates 50th anniversary of the literary prize

Eileen Battersby weighs up the shortlist for Sunday’s award to mark 50 years of the prize

Her 22nd novel, ‘Clock Dance’, is not just very good. It reminds readers of the Founding Fathers’ core values

It's 50 years since Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile. The romance of his achievement will live on forever

Bold and sophisticated, this thrilling, magnificently audacious picaresque is about France and is also about all of us

If Banville succeeds in making readers return to Henry James, this lively enterprise will prove a useful and generous gesture to a rich and nuanced American classic

Jenny Uglow gets to grips with the Victorian poet, painter and polished letter writer

Review: The Golden House is a messy soap opera full of cliche and sexism, writes Eileen Battersby