‘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
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite is Irish Times Eason offerA sneak preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of Irish book news and eventsThu Dec 12 2019 - 11:10
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite is Irish Times Eason offerA sneak preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of Irish book news and eventsThu Dec 05 2019 - 12:53
Christmas gifts for readers: The Irish Times guide to best books of 2019Irish writers and critics on their favourite fiction and nonfiction of the past 12 monthsSat Nov 30 2019 - 06:00
Caitriona Lally awarded $100,000 Lannan Literary Fellowship for FictionA sneak preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Nov 28 2019 - 12:40
Edna O’Brien wins the ‘UK and Ireland Nobel award’ for lifetime achievementCountry Girls author receives £40,000 David Cohen prize which is seen as Nobel precursorTue Nov 26 2019 - 20:15
Costa book awards: Joseph O’Connor shortlisted for ShadowplayAuthor last week won Irish Novel Award for his biographical fiction about Bram StokerTue Nov 26 2019 - 19:30
Christopher Eccleston offers a haunting meditation on fatherhoodBrief reviews of I Love the Bones of You, The Sea Cloak and Other Stories and Resist! How to be an Activist in the Age of DefianceSat Nov 23 2019 - 00:00
Redemption by David Baldacci is this weekend’s Irish Times Eason book offerA sneak preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Nov 21 2019 - 11:29
An Post Irish Book Awards 2019 winners revealedJoseph O’Connor, Sinéad Gleeson, Joe Duffy and Freya McClements among winnersWed Nov 20 2019 - 22:17
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz is this week’s Irish Times Eason offerA sneak preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Nov 14 2019 - 12:47
Nobel and Booker Prize winners on 2020 International Dublin Literary Award longlistAnna Burns, Sally Rooney, David Park, Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke vie for €100,000 prizeMon Nov 11 2019 - 11:15
