New books by Edna O’Brien and Neil Jordan, and Kevin Barry takes on John LennonSheila O’Flanagan is to make her YA debut, while Eoin Colfer tackles an adult graphic novelThu Apr 16 2015 - 17:41
Sam Eastland Q&A: The last thing I would read is something in my own genre‘I spend on average about five hours a day writing fiction. For me to then pick up a novel would be the equivalent of jogging all day and then going out for a jog to unwind’Thu Apr 16 2015 - 16:11
Julian Gough signs major book deal with PicadorInfinite, due out in autumn 2016, ‘is a serious novel that combines the plot arc of a thriller with a stream of stimulating ideas’Thu Apr 16 2015 - 09:00
The Book Quiz: Irish writers, award winners and banned booksHave you been paying attention to the latest book news? Test your memory with this week's book quizWed Apr 15 2015 - 16:00
Academy Street by Mary Costello is this month’s Irish Times Book Club choiceThis debut novel, the story of an Irish girl who emigrates from Galway to 1960s New York, won the Eason Novel of the Year prize and made Costa and EU Prize for Literature shortlistsMon Apr 06 2015 - 08:11
We need to talk about Colin Barrett: a round-up of reviews, interviews and musingsA variety of takes on Young Skins and some thoughts from the award-winning author himselfFri Mar 27 2015 - 12:07
The Book Quiz: New novels and literary lothariosThis week's book quiz tests your knowledge of the latest award winners, new releases and the eyebrow-raising private life of Georges SimenonWed Mar 25 2015 - 13:00
Louise O’Neill wins The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize for Only Ever YoursCork author’s debut is a feminist dystopian tale which satirises how young women are scrutinised for their looksMon Mar 23 2015 - 11:52
Charles Townshend wins Christopher Ewart-Biggs memorial prizeHistorian honoured for his ‘magisterial and essential’ The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence 1918-1923Mon Mar 23 2015 - 11:15
James Carol: ‘The story comes first, then the facts’Brought to Book Q&A: Scottish author of the Jefferson Winter thriller series on the influence of Stephen King and Thomas HarrisWed Mar 18 2015 - 11:00
A Q&A with Colin Barrett, this month’s Irish Times Book Club author‘I would have loved to have read the Game of Thrones series when I was around 14 or so. I would have definitely thought they were the greatest books ever written’Fri Mar 13 2015 - 15:15
The Book Quiz: award-winning Irish authorsThis week's quiz tests your literary knowledge of some of the country's most celebrated authors, from Lady Gregory and Edna O'Brien to Colin Barrett and his award-winning storiesWed Mar 11 2015 - 14:00
Portraits of the artists as womenTo mark International Women’s Day we’ve created an antidote to the all-male Irish Writers poster of bars and student bedrooms. Download your poster hereSat Mar 07 2015 - 07:00
In praise of Bridget O’Connor, by Martin DoyleCelebrating Irish women writers: ‘She brought a non-sentimental, unexpected, visceral approach to each scene that made her screenwriting exciting and exceptional. Great movie writers are rare in this country and she was one of them’Fri Mar 06 2015 - 21:00
Derek Landy signs book deal for new Demon Road trilogySkulduggery Pleasant author has sold 5 millions copies worldwide. First of new series is due out in SeptemberWed Mar 04 2015 - 12:47
Sara Baume named Hennessy New Irish Writer 2015Honours for Henrietta McKervey and Simon Lewis; Paula Meehan joins Hall of FameWed Feb 25 2015 - 05:30
Young Skins by Colin Barrett is the new Irish Times Book Club reading choiceThe debut short story collection has won the Guardian first book award, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and the Frank O’Connor International Short Story AwardMon Feb 23 2015 - 11:27
Putting Irish women writers back in the pictureWho are your favourite Irish women writers? Who are the best, the most loved or the most influential? To mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, The Irish Times has asked more than 40 writers and academics for their views – and we’d like to hear yours tooMon Feb 23 2015 - 11:00
Colm O’Brien: Writing a book based on life and business experience‘Brought to Book’ Q&A: Founder of Carambola Kidz on learning things he never knew he never knewFri Feb 20 2015 - 08:00
George O’Brien: ‘Writing has taught me to be disciplined, to be patient, to persist’Brought to Book Q&A: Irish author and academic on how he writes and what he readsThu Feb 19 2015 - 11:43
Alex Miller: ‘Simple prose is valued more now than a decade ago’‘Brought to Book’ Q&A: Australian author of Coal Creek and The Ancestor Game on the books that have inspired himWed Feb 18 2015 - 17:36
Peter Swanson: ‘Being lost in a book is one of the greatest feelings in the world’Brought to Book Q&A: Author of The Kind Worth Killing on Harry Potter, Lucky Jim and his other favourite readsTue Feb 17 2015 - 11:17
Philip Taffs: Hitchcock disciple turned Gillian FlynnaphileDon’t join a writing group – unless Stephen King, Bret Easton Ellis, Gillian Flynn and Donna Tartt are in it. Join a reading group insteadMon Feb 09 2015 - 17:38
David Butler: ‘Great writers enrich experience, even the mundane’Brought to Book Q&A: Author of The Judas Kiss and City of Dis on what he reads and how he writesTue Feb 03 2015 - 15:00
The Book Quiz: Political memoirs, teen fiction and comic fantasyTest the breadth of your literary knowledge with this week's pick 'n' mix book quizWed Jan 28 2015 - 17:00
Jane Lythell: ‘Flawed people are interesting. It doesn’t matter if your readers dislike them’Brought to Book Q&A: Former Bafta CEO on her favourite authors and writing her own novelsTue Jan 27 2015 - 16:00
Miriam Frank: ‘Reading sharpened my understanding of human behaviour’Brought to Book Q&A: Author of ‘My Innocent Absence’ on the texts which inspired her during her nomadic lifeMon Jan 26 2015 - 15:00
Ketil Bjornstad: ‘The novel is the best weapon against multi-tasking’Brought to Book Q&A: Norwegian author and pianist on where he writes and what he readsFri Jan 23 2015 - 15:00
Alexis Stamatis: ‘I read to find myself again and to re-examine my place in the world’Brought to Book Q&A: Greek novelist and poet on Emily Dickinson and Robert MouzilThu Jan 22 2015 - 15:00
Alison Weir: ‘I loved fairy tales from infancy’Brought to Book Q&A: English novelist and historian on inspiring novels and favourite wordsWed Jan 21 2015 - 16:54
From cult classics to new releases: It's the Book QuizTest your literary knowledge - past, present and future!Wed Jan 21 2015 - 15:00
Dacia Maraini on the books and characters which inspire her‘I consider my life a journey in the magnificent, enchanted world of books’Mon Jan 19 2015 - 15:00
Philip Hensher: ‘Don’t aspire to be an author. Just aspire to write a particular book’‘I’ve read Proust four times and every time it felt like a major punctuation mark in my life’Fri Jan 16 2015 - 15:03
The Undertaking, by Audrey Magee: the new Irish Times Book Club reading choiceJoin with us over the next few weeks as we explore this acclaimed wartime love storyThu Jan 15 2015 - 17:41
Neil White: ‘Enid Blyton turned me towards mystery and horror’‘Whatever sick and twisted deed you read about, I’ve come across worse in real life’Thu Jan 15 2015 - 15:00
Kate Beaufoy: ‘There is no higher form of pleasure than that afforded by a good book and a room with a view’The most beautiful book I own is a leather-bound sketchbook that belonged to my artist grandfather – the model for Teddy Lloyd in Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – and it is a key narrative device in my latest novel, Liberty Silk'Tue Jan 13 2015 - 07:39
Nadine Dorries: in praise of Enid Blyton, Hilary Mantel and audio books‘I write very early in the morning. I absolutely cannot write at night,’ says the MP whose Irish roots inspired her bestsellersMon Jan 12 2015 - 12:53
Liam Harte on Raymond Carver, Seamus Heaney and Edward SaidThe challenge of finding the words to match the thought is never-endingMon Dec 08 2014 - 12:08
The Closet of Savage Mementos, by Nuala Ní ChonchúirThis month’s Irish Times Book Club choice is a moving, beautifully written portrait of love, grief and motherhoodFri Dec 05 2014 - 12:55
Cormac James: how to choose between Bartleby and Brer Rabbit, Marlowe and Molloy?‘I think we read largely to have clarified and confirmed ideas we already sympathise with, rather than the reverse’Thu Dec 04 2014 - 12:00
Us by David Nicholls: Witty tale of a father’s journey of self-discoveryThe follow-up to One Day is a portrait of a family break-up on a modern-day Grand Tour of Europe. It's well worth the trip, but it’s not the holiday of a lifetimeSun Nov 30 2014 - 14:00
Colin Barrett wins Guardian first book awardYoung Skins author has already won Rooney Prize for Irish LiteratureWed Nov 26 2014 - 21:28
The Book Quiz: prize winners, evil masterminds and letters homeTest the range of your literary knowledge with this week's eclectic book quizWed Nov 26 2014 - 15:15
Breaking the silence on the Manchester MartyrsOn this day in 1867, the Manchester Martyrs were executed. Local historian Joseph O’Neill discusses his book about the men and their legacySun Nov 23 2014 - 11:11
From Dead Souls to Death Comes to Pemberley: it's the Book QuizNovember is traditionally the month of the Dead, so test your literary knowledge in our deadly book quizWed Nov 19 2014 - 12:00
