The Books Quiz: Whose writings inspired The Wind That Shakes the Barley?Plus: Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea is a postcolonial/feminist prequel to...?Sun Oct 17 2021 - 06:00
Caroline O’Donoghue celebrates a new six-figure deal; World Book Day as GaeilgeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsWed Oct 13 2021 - 13:03
Sally Rooney blocks Israeli edition of her new novel in support of Palestinian-led boycottAuthor accuses Israel of apartheid policy but says she hopes to see a Hebrew translationTue Oct 12 2021 - 12:59
The Books Quiz: What was the stage version of The Dalkey Archive called?Plus: What Irish town is John Healy’s No One Shouted Stop about?Sun Oct 10 2021 - 06:00
David Butler wins Kiely story prize; Emilie Pine and Audrey Magee novels in 2022A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Oct 08 2021 - 13:19
Keith Ridgway and Claire-Louise Bennett on Goldsmiths Prize 2021 shortlistTwo debuts and a second shortlisting in three years in running for £10,000 prizeWed Oct 06 2021 - 20:30
The Books Quiz: ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past’: which Faulkner novel?Also: Spot the literary fiction prize that Sally Rooney has not yet wonSun Oct 03 2021 - 06:00
Faber to publish Ronan McGreevy book on assassination of Sir Henry WilsonA round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s book pagesThu Sept 30 2021 - 11:36
The Books Quiz: The Commitments was published by which imprint?Plus: Playwright Billy Roche’s The Roach Band had a No 1 hit in ’78 with...?Sun Sept 26 2021 - 06:00
Books in brief: From female trauma to the beauty of birdsongPlus: Myles Dungan on four killings involving ancestors of his extended familySat Sept 25 2021 - 00:00
Dromineer Literary Festival; UL poet in residence; Waterford Writers WeekendA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest book newsThu Sept 23 2021 - 14:58
The Books Quiz: Who wrote the essays that became Sex and the City?Plus: When was Confessions of an English Opium-Eater first published?Sun Sept 19 2021 - 06:00
Border Literatures; Red Line Book Festival; Novel Fair 2022; Eigse Michael HartnettA preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Sept 16 2021 - 11:15
Love Sally Rooney? Then we think you’ll also love these 12 other Irish writersIrish Times critics on Nicole Flattery, Anne Enright, Claire Kilroy, Marian Keyes and moreThu Sept 16 2021 - 06:00
Booker Prize 2021 shortlist announcedRichard Powers and Damon Galgut shortlisted again with debutant Patricia LockwoodTue Sept 14 2021 - 16:10
Books Quiz: Where does the title of Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You come from?Plus: Which Irish writer does not have a statue located in St Stephen’s Green?Sun Sept 12 2021 - 06:00
A chance to see Dublin through each other’s eyes againThey say you can’t go out without spending but Dublin is rich in national treasuresSat Sept 11 2021 - 00:00
Maeve Binchy and Imagine Arts festivals; Vive Jan Carson!; Backlisted in GalwayA round-up of the latest literary news and preview of Saturday's books pagesThu Sept 09 2021 - 09:50
Susanna Clarke wins Women’s Prize for Fiction with PiranesiBritish author wins £30,000 prize with second novel 16 years after her bestselling debutWed Sept 08 2021 - 19:30
Sally Rooney: A profile of the author in 28 articles from the Irish Times archiveThe author’s own words on writing, Jane Austen and Trump, plus interviews and reviewsMon Sept 06 2021 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: Who is the notorious bully in Tom Brown’s School Days?10 questions to test your knowledge of schools and students in literatureSun Sept 05 2021 - 06:00
Looking for a great read? Here are 10 new books we loved in AugustMust-reads from Diarmaid Ferriter, Bernard MacLaverty, Claire-Louise Bennett and moreTue Aug 31 2021 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: Black Beauty was translated from which language?Plus: Which country has produced the most Nobel laureates in literature?Sun Aug 29 2021 - 06:00
Doireann Ní Ghríofa wins James Tait Black Prize; Sinéad Gleeson anthology on musicEdith Eger book offer; Saturday’s pages previewed – an exclusive Sally Rooney extractThu Aug 26 2021 - 10:00
The Books Quiz: Sally Rooney is from which town in Mayo?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Aug 22 2021 - 06:00
Kevin Barry book offer; Poetry Town laureates; Bookshop of the Year; IWC turns 30A preview of Saturday’s pages and Irish-Language Book of the Year AwardsThu Aug 19 2021 - 16:12
A feast of books on their way before the year's endFrom history and personal memoirs to engaging fiction by Sally Rooney and Colm TóibínSat Aug 07 2021 - 06:00
Bernard MacLaverty: ‘You must want to write but anger spurs you on’The awardwinning author of Midwinter Break on his first story collection in 15 yearsSat Jul 31 2021 - 06:00
Looking for a great read? Here are 10 new books we loved in JulyFacebook’s ugly truth; Séamas O’Reilly’s memoir; a working-class anthology and moreFri Jul 30 2021 - 06:00
Poetry Town initiative launched; Irish sports writers shortlistedSaturday’s pages previewed; Polari, Caine and crime prizes; Aisling in NYC; IWC schemeThu Jul 29 2021 - 11:46
Booker Prize 2021 longlist: two debutants and former winner Ishiguro but no IrishPreviously shortlisted Damon Galgut, Richard Powers and Sunjeev Sahota recognisedTue Jul 27 2021 - 00:01
The Books Quiz: What was Dr Seuss’s very first book for children?Plus: Which Irish city is the setting for Ken Bruen’s ferocious Jack Taylor crime novels?Sun Jul 25 2021 - 06:00
Irish Times summer fiction; Irish authors on comedy prize longlist; John Hewitt festivalLuke O’Neill to judge science prize; a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Jul 22 2021 - 11:00
The Books Quiz: Normal People by Sally Rooney started life as a short story called...?Here are 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jul 11 2021 - 06:00
Sally Rooney’s new novel: fans treated to a tantalising tasterIn crisp, cool prose, the extract introduces Eileen, 29, and her childhood friend SimonTue Jul 06 2021 - 09:52
The Books Quiz: What is the surname of the children in The Chronicles of Narnia?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jul 04 2021 - 06:00
AK Blakemore wins Desmond Elliott Prize; and a round-up of this week’s book newsA preview of Saturday’s pages; RB Kelly shortlisted; Ingrid Persaud wins againFri Jul 02 2021 - 10:47
Hilary Fannin wins John McGahern Book Prize for debut Irish fictionThe Weight of Love by Irish Times columnist follows memoir Hopscotch and several playsTue Jun 29 2021 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: Elif Shafak allegedly ‘insulted Turkishness’ in which novel?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 27 2021 - 06:05
The best books of 2021 so far: Novels, memoirs, short stories and moreAuthors and critics choose the books that have moved and impressed them this yearSat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00
Jim McElroy and Dean Browne win poetry awardsA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 24 2021 - 13:53
The books quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeKate Bush’s Brontë inspiration and Catherine Ryan Howard’s rollercoaster yearSun Jun 20 2021 - 06:00
Irish writers in running for big prizes and Yan Ge signs two-book deal with FaberThis week’s literary news and tomorrow’s books pagesFri Jun 18 2021 - 10:04
Browser: A child’s shame at her mother’s cultural differenceBrief reviews of Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki Brina, Jaipur Journals by Namita Gokhale, This is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole PerlrothSat Jun 12 2021 - 00:00
Michael and Edna Longley honoured; and two major Irish book dealsA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 03 2021 - 12:03
Herman the Hermit Crab wins Caterpillar Poetry PrizeMichael Morpurgo chooses Christine McBeth’s moving sea life poem as winnerThu Jun 03 2021 - 11:00
Anakana Schofield wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for BinaEiléan Ní Chuilleanáin’s Collected Poems wins Pigott Poetry Prize at Listowel festivalWed Jun 02 2021 - 22:00
Looking for a great read? Here are 10 new books we loved in MayMust-read titles from Sinéad O’Connor, Lisa McInerney, Jon McGregor and moreMon May 31 2021 - 06:10
The books quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeWho wrote the blistering Hollywood memoirs The Lonely Life and This ’n That?Sun May 30 2021 - 06:00
Colum McCann’s Apeirogon on Orwell Prize shortlist; TV deal for Jane CaseyA preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest book newsFri May 28 2021 - 13:00
