Eoin McNamee: ‘I’m from Kilkeel so I know exactly what an Orange march is’
The author on new short story collection The Comets, the plight of refugees, and his admiration for Gavin Bazunu
Circling the Square returns
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Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2026
There have been 122 literature laureates to date, of whom only 18 have been women
Author Niall Williams: ‘I will always be an outsider, even here after 41 years’
Author describes how he arrived ‘fictionally home’ in the imaginary village of Faha and how he celebrates the generosity, dignity and humour of his community
Shauna Lawless: ‘This is always what I’ve loved about Irish mythology: the drama and the magic’
The author of historical fantasy on the latest book in her Gael Song: Era II series, the importance of research, and reasserting women’s perspectives
Maurice J Casey and John Waddell win Michel Déon Prize
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AK Blakemore: ‘The best historical fiction is comfortable living with the sheer weirdness of the past’
The author on new novel Doom Painting, the parts of English history that are ‘intentionally minimised’, and her memories of 2005 bombings of London
Roddy Doyle returns to Barrytown
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Booker Prize shortlist: two former winners in running for £50,000 prize
Scottish author Douglas Stuart, who won with Shuggie Bain in 2020, is back with John of John, and Jamaican writer Marlon James, who won in 2015 with A Brief History of Seven Killings, returns with The Disappearers
Trespasses author Louise Kennedy: ‘I lived on adrenaline all my life from kitchens’
The author on her new novel, Stations, moving south from the North, and how she ‘hired’ Gillian Anderson
Kevin Powers: ‘I was in the US army. I knew I was going to have to go to war’
The author on his new first World War novel, how he felt when 9/11 happened, and Virginia as a microcosm of the US
Two Irish writers on BBC National Short Story Award shortlist
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Nicole Flattery awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
Award doubles to €20,000 as Ireland’s oldest literary prize marks 50th anniversary
Elizabeth Wassell Montague: ‘My new novel was partly inspired by the mystery of eating disorders’
The writer on new novel At the Villa Celeste; her late husband, the poet John Montague; and the importance of ‘Call me Ishmael’
Sebastian Barry: ‘My mother was interesting, extravagant. It was difficult to be a child of such a person’
The author on his latest novel, The Newer World, his difficult relationship with his parents, and feeling out of place growing up as a Dublin Protestant