The Books Quiz: What is Seamus Heaney's middle name?Plus: Women’s Prize winner, following The Cow Book and who transalates Elena Ferrante’s novels into English?Sun Sept 13 2020 - 06:00
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood is this weekend’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of Saturday’s books pages and roundup of the latest literary newsThu Sept 10 2020 - 12:38
Thirty books to look out for this autumnFrom Graham Norton's new novel to Mary McAleese’s memoir, here are our picksWed Sept 09 2020 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: What is the subtitle of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?Plus: Irish shortlisted, the letter in The Scarlet Letter, Graham Norton’s birthplaceSun Sept 06 2020 - 06:00
Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré is tomorrow’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of tomorrow’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsFri Sept 04 2020 - 16:25
International Dublin Literary Award: Anna Burns among eight women on shortlistNobel Prize, Women’s Prize, Giller Prize and US National Book Award winners shortlistedThu Sept 03 2020 - 00:01
Books Quiz: In The Great Gatsby, where does Jay Gatsby live?Plus: 2020 International Booker Prize winner and the first names of Goethe, Maupassant and CervantesSun Aug 30 2020 - 06:00
Eugene McCabe Q&A: ‘Having to leave Drumard would be a kind of death’A quickfire interview from 2011 with the acclaimed author of Death and NightingalesThu Aug 27 2020 - 12:38
Eugene McCabe, author and playwright, dies, aged 90Acclaimed author of King of the Castle, Death and Nightingales and Troubles screenplaysThu Aug 27 2020 - 11:39
International Booker Prize 2020: Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins for debut novelDebut novel inspired by brother's death makes Dutch writer, 29, youngest winner of translated fiction prizeWed Aug 26 2020 - 17:00
Donal Ryan: ‘I’ve got one or two sneering reviews from fellow writers’I felt they’d barely skimmed the books but were bitter about my ‘success’, says the novelistSun Aug 16 2020 - 06:00
Where in the world are you? How second World War letters inspired a novelHistorical novelist Hazel Gaynor turned a family tragedy into an exploration of lossWed Aug 12 2020 - 05:26
Cathy Sweeney and daughter Lucy Sweeney Byrne shortlisted for Butler Literary AwardA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Aug 06 2020 - 12:20
Historians pay tribute: ‘Today we live in John Hume’s Ireland, and thank God for that’‘His extraordinary impact reflects the exceptional political leader and person he was’Tue Aug 04 2020 - 11:36
John Hume: ‘He was our own Martin Luther King’What John Hume meant to me: Irish writers, from Michael Longley to Lisa McGee, pay tributeTue Aug 04 2020 - 11:29
Book quiz: Which Irish author has won Britain's top crime fiction prize?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Aug 02 2020 - 05:30
The 40 best Irish fictional characters – in orderFrom Nidge and Connell Waldron to Gretta Conroy, Rashers Tierney and Pegeen MikeSat Aug 01 2020 - 05:00
Akin by Emma Donoghue is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jul 30 2020 - 17:39
Booker Prize 2020: Colum McCann on longlist heavy with debuts and US authorsHilary Mantel looks on course for Booker hat-trick with final part of Wolf Hall trilogyTue Jul 28 2020 - 00:01
Which books are likely to make this year’s Booker longlist tonight?There are several strong Irish contenders for this year’s prizeMon Jul 27 2020 - 11:59
The books quiz: Whose debut novel was The Hunt for Red OctoberTest your literary knowledge with 12 questions for 12 monthsSun Jul 26 2020 - 06:00
Belfast author Adrian McKinty wins major crime fiction prizeTheakston Old Peculier award goes to a Belfast author for two years in a rowThu Jul 23 2020 - 19:15
Fleishman Is in Trouble is this week’s Irish Times Eason book offerA preview of tomorrow’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jul 23 2020 - 12:37
‘I think because of the pandemic readers are choosing propulsive and absorbing reads’Olivia Kiernan on her latest novel, her writing life and the books she lovesThu Jul 23 2020 - 05:47
The books quiz: Fever Pitch is about Nick Hornby’s love for which club?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jul 19 2020 - 06:00
Fleishman Is in Trouble is this week’s Irish Times Eason book offerA preview of tomorrow’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Jul 17 2020 - 15:56
The books quiz: Who adapted his own crime novel for a BBC TV series?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jul 12 2020 - 06:00
Sarah Gilmartin and Alan Weadick win Mairtín Crawford awardsA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the week’s literary newsThu Jul 09 2020 - 17:32
The books quiz: Zadie Smith is married to which Irish writer?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jul 05 2020 - 06:00
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead is this week’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the week’s literary newsThu Jul 02 2020 - 20:00
Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award won by Irish author for two years runningA Q&A with This Happy author Niamh Campbell, winner of £30,000 short story prizeThu Jul 02 2020 - 16:00
Books of 2020: Max Porter, Emilie Pine, Sara Baume and more pick the best reads of the year so farMaggie O’Farrell, Curtis Sittenfeld and Doireann Ní Ghríofa feature in our summer-friendly titlesTue Jun 30 2020 - 06:10
The books quiz: Who was the alcoholic priest in Strumpet City?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 28 2020 - 01:00
Colson Whitehead: ‘I lacked imagination to conceive how terrible Trump would be’The winner of two Pulitzer prizes on the exhausting task of writing about racismSat Jun 27 2020 - 06:31
Adrian Duncan wins inaugural John McGahern Book PrizeColm Tóibín praises ‘pitch perfect debut’ Love Notes from a German Building SiteFri Jun 26 2020 - 00:01
The books quiz: What is the name of Anne Enright’s first novel?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 21 2020 - 06:00
‘I started writing because as an actor you need others’ permission to work’Ros na Rún star Domhnall O’Donoghue on the influences that fed into his new novelTue Jun 16 2020 - 05:47
Book quiz: Which coffee chain is named after Capt Ahab’s first mate?The weekly quiz ... 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 14 2020 - 06:00
Christine Dwyer Hickey wins £25,000 Walter Scott PrizeThis year’s Dublin One City One Book author wins for novel about artists Edward and Jo HopperFri Jun 12 2020 - 19:45
Louise Kennedy, Niamh Campbell, Adrian McKinty and Michelle Gallen shortlistedA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Jun 11 2020 - 17:00
Book quiz: What is Boo Radley’s first name in To Kill a Mockingbird?Are you on first-name terms with authors and characters? 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 07 2020 - 12:50
Niamh O’Donnell is new Poetry Ireland directorA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 04 2020 - 15:29
Father Ted creator to publish spoof Dominic Cummings diaryFaber to release Arthur Mathews’s satire on controversial British government adviserThu Jun 04 2020 - 10:33
Fergal McNally is first Irish winner of Caterpillar Poetry PrizeRoger McGough chooses winning poem for children who ‘sometimes feel out-of-step with the world’Thu Jun 04 2020 - 09:00
Paddy Raff: Comedy star of the coronavirus lockdownA young Belfast comedian is taking social media by storm with his lockdown-life skitsWed Jun 03 2020 - 05:38
Prize book quiz: test your knowledge to win a €200 books hamperWelcome to The Irish Times prize book quiz: 50 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun May 31 2020 - 06:30
€10,000 Michel Déon Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist revealedA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu May 28 2020 - 09:00
Shortlists for €30,000 Dalkey Literary Awards revealedDalkey Book Festival cancelled but prizes recognise Irish writing is having a momentSat May 23 2020 - 05:00
Twenty-seven-year-old Irish debut novelist signs six-figure dealLouise Nealon was spotted by top agent after her story was published in The Irish TimesFri May 22 2020 - 09:00
Edna O’Brien, Billy O’Callaghan and David Keenan shortlisted for major prizesA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu May 21 2020 - 14:15
