Women win big at KPMG Children’s Books Ireland AwardsMáire Zepf, Sarah Crossan, Ashling Lindsay, Kim Sharkey and Meg Grehan honouredTue May 19 2020 - 12:30
‘I am deeply interested in Ireland’s complex past’‘I have a ritual of making tea, lighting a candle and then I am gone into my fictional world’Fri May 15 2020 - 05:50
Book news round-up: Rónán Hession shortlisted for major prizeA preview of Saturday’s pages; Pigott Poetry Prize; BAIS prize; Trócaire Poetry Ireland competition; ILFD podcasts; Cruinniú na nÓg; Irish Writers’ ArchiveThu May 14 2020 - 13:31
Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year shortlist revealedA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu May 07 2020 - 12:53
Former state pathologist Marie Cassidy to publish memoir in OctoberA preview of Saturday’s books pagesFri May 01 2020 - 14:46
Gruffalo’s Axel Scheffler illustrates free children’s book explaining Covid-19Gill Books download ‘explains the coronavirus in a colourful and calming way’Fri May 01 2020 - 10:33
A €10,000 poem: read Nave, winner of the Moth Poetry PrizeJudge Claudia Rankine explains why she chose Australian poet Damen O’BrienThu Apr 30 2020 - 18:30
Eavan Boland: ‘Pathfinder, farewell’ – tributes to ‘a pillar of Irish poetry’‘I will cherish her exemplary life for the rest of my own life’Tue Apr 28 2020 - 17:42
Eavan Boland, leading Irish poet and champion of the female voice, dies aged 75Poet, who returned last month from teaching at Stanford University, suffered a strokeMon Apr 27 2020 - 20:52
Irish booksellers boosted by An Post deal and reopening of key wholesale supplierA preview of Saturday’s books coverage and a roundup of this week’s literary newsThu Apr 23 2020 - 14:09
O’Farrell, Mantel and Evaristo on Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlistJenny Offill, Natalie Haynes and Angie Cruz also in running for £30,000 prizeTue Apr 21 2020 - 19:16
‘I had two operations, chemo, radiation, my wedding and turned 50 before I hit send’Nicola Pierce Q&A: ‘You will never be lonely as long as you have a book in your hand’Tue Apr 21 2020 - 05:28
Boost for readers and authors as Irish bookshops back onlineA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of literary newsThu Apr 16 2020 - 13:06
A picture book on the Táin would be daft. What if I tried writing it as a YA novel?Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick reimagines the Táin as a tale of first love and teenage aggressionTue Apr 14 2020 - 09:37
Stephen Sexton shortlisted for £30,000 Dylan Thomas PrizeA preview of tomorrow’s book pagesFri Apr 10 2020 - 15:44
Helena Close Q&A: ‘Serve your apprenticeship. There are no short cuts’The author of The Gone Book on her writing lifeMon Apr 06 2020 - 05:47
Steve Cavanagh: ‘I love Bosch for his heart, Reacher because he is unfettered by laws’The Belfast-based thriller writer on his new book, Fifty Fifty, and his literary lovesFri Apr 03 2020 - 06:07
Poets launch Unlaunched Books podcastA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Apr 02 2020 - 17:34
International Booker Prize 2020 shortlist announcedTranslations from Spanish, German, Dutch, Farsi and Japanese up for £50,000 prizeThu Apr 02 2020 - 12:25
Laugh in the time of Corona: Favourite funny booksNo, I don’t want to read about the plague. I want to smile, laugh even. These might helpSat Mar 28 2020 - 06:05
Ruth Gilligan Q&A: ‘the tension between modern and ancient Ireland fascinates me’The Butchers author on her new novel set along the Border during the BSE crisisFri Mar 27 2020 - 06:04
Winners of Cúirt New Writing Prize announcedA preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Mar 26 2020 - 16:20
Philip’s Book Shop in Mallow and Lilliput Press represent Ireland at British Book AwardsA preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Mar 19 2020 - 13:33
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of Saturday’s books pages and the latest literary newsThu Mar 12 2020 - 12:26
Three Irish novels on £25,000 Walter Scott Prize longlistChristine Dwyer Hickey, Joseph O’Connor and Niall Williams up for historical fiction awardMon Mar 09 2020 - 09:00
Michael Harding is Bealtaine Festival Book Club author 2020A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Mar 05 2020 - 12:48
Browser: A family history weaved through Balkan landscapeBrief reviews of The Revisionaries by A R Moxon and Maugherow: A Much Wilder PlaceSat Feb 29 2020 - 00:00
Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-Goff is new Irish Times Eason offerA preview of tomorrow’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Feb 28 2020 - 11:50
‘I had to tell my mum not to say that as it means something else’Words don’t always mean what people think they mean. Just look at this Twitter conversationFri Feb 28 2020 - 05:25
2020 International Booker Prize longlist revealedMichel Houellebecq and Irish translator Shaun Whiteside up for £50,000 awardThu Feb 27 2020 - 10:00
Sarah Crossan and Kit de Waal longlisted for Carnegie MedalA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Feb 20 2020 - 10:45
Just One More Question by Niall Tubridy is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Feb 13 2020 - 10:13
Derry Girls and Milkman shortlisted for Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary PrizeKaty Hayward’s Twitter account shortlisted for separate Ewart-Biggs prize on BrexitWed Feb 12 2020 - 12:01
Author Gavin McCrea victim of homophobic attack in DublinGang broke writer’s nose and cheekbone just after he had finished novel at UCD libraryTue Feb 11 2020 - 14:09
Dalkey Book Festival launches €30,000 literary awardsFestival marks second decade with €20,000 Novel of the Year and €10,000 Emerging Writer prizesSat Feb 08 2020 - 05:34
The Irish Times Books podcast with Darran Anderson, author of InventoryListen to the author discuss what inspired his memoir of his family’s lives in Derry citySat Feb 08 2020 - 05:06
The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan shortlisted for Waterstones Children’s Book PrizeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and details of the latest Irish Times Eason offerThu Feb 06 2020 - 12:49
A miracle, not a crime: gender balance, race and poetry in The Irish TimesA new report criticises our poetry coverage. We explore the issues and defend our recordFri Jan 31 2020 - 05:57
Knife by Jo Nesbo is this weekend’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Jan 30 2020 - 16:19
Little Faith by Nickolas Butler is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jan 23 2020 - 11:42
Little Faith by Nickolas Butler is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jan 16 2020 - 15:33
Sarah Moss: ‘Ireland is progressing while England is rapidly and deliberately regressing’Sarah Moss, acclaimed author of Ghost Wall, talks about leaving Brexit behind to move to Ireland and teach in UCDSat Jan 11 2020 - 06:00
Daisy Jones and the Six is this weekend’s Irish Times Eason offerThe latest book news and a sneak preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Jan 09 2020 - 10:19
Costa Book Awards 2019 winners revealedJonathan Coe’s Middle England wins novel award as debut authors win three categoriesMon Jan 06 2020 - 19:30
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley is this weekend’s Irish Times offer at EasonA sneak preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Jan 02 2020 - 13:11
The bestselling book in Ireland for 2019 revealedThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris is Ireland’s bestselling book for a second yearTue Dec 31 2019 - 07:56
Irish Times Books 2019: our most-read articlesA student’s moving essay on her body pipped Irish writers’ views on Brexit for first placeTue Dec 31 2019 - 05:48
Riveting reissue aged like a good wineBrief reviews of Don’t Look at Me Like That, The Manager’s Tale, Above Average at Games, Stories of the Sahara, Through Her Eyes and Shame on MeSat Dec 28 2019 - 00:00
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offerA sneak preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Dec 19 2019 - 14:13
Witty, clever observations of modern lifeBook reviews: Three Little Truths by Eithne Shortall; Wittgenstein’s Nephew by Thomas Bernhard; Farewell Happy Fieldsby Norah Hoult and moreSat Dec 14 2019 - 00:00
