Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel Q&A: ‘I wrote one of my first novels sitting up a tree’Author from Equatorial Guinea on what he reads and how he writesMon May 25 2015 - 08:00
Africa Day creative writing competition: the winning entriesThe Irish Times, in conjunction with Africa Day organisers Irish Aid, held a competition for writing about Africa by primary and secondary pupils and adults. Read what the winners wroteSun May 24 2015 - 01:00
Oliver Jeffers wins 25th CBI Book of the Year Award for Once Upon an AlphabetLouise O’Neill wins Eilís Dillon Award for a first children’s book for Only Ever YoursTue May 19 2015 - 12:30
Listen to Colm Tóibín’s talk on same-sex relationships and literatureThe Embrace of Love: Being Gay in Ireland Now, a talk the author gave yesterday at Trinity College Dublin, addressed his experience of being a gay man and gay writerFri May 15 2015 - 14:15
Dalkey Archive Press founder John O’Brien is knightedFrench ambassador honours Irish-American publisher at Dublin embassyFri May 15 2015 - 08:45
Emma Healey, Carys Bray and Claire Fuller on Desmond Elliott Prize shortlist‘There’s no age limit on being a sparkling new arrival on the literary scene’Fri May 15 2015 - 08:30
Q&A: Tom Bouman on his debt to Tana French and the importance of empathy‘It is hard to ignore the purported abandonment of narrative artifice in favour of something resembling unflinching, quotidian honesty’Wed May 06 2015 - 08:00
Roddy Doyle adds his Two Pints worth to marriage equality Yes vote campaign‘I am expressing my hope that there is a yes vote and the most useful way for me to do that is to express myself creatively’Fri May 01 2015 - 16:25
Yiyun Li is first woman to win world’s richest short story awardStory of a Chinese nanny nets £30,000 prize – click through to read A Sheltered WomanFri Apr 24 2015 - 21:30
Lisa Bickmore wins €10,000 Ballymaloe Poetry Prize with ode to love and lossRead the winning poem, Eidolon, and the others shortlisted – Fantasia on a Theme by Elvis, the exceptional Disco Jesus and the Wavering Virgins in Berlin, 2011 and Saratoga Passage, August 2014Fri Apr 24 2015 - 15:05
The Irish Times holds writing contest to mark Africa Day on May 24thAdults and children invited to submit short story or poem about African experience in either Africa or Ireland by May 8thTue Apr 21 2015 - 17:55
Gunnar Staalesen Q&A: ‘Most crime writers are very nice people, although I am not entirely sure about Chandler’‘The first books of Sjöwall & Wahlöö told me that it was possible to write the sort of crime fiction that later became known as Nordic Noir’Fri Apr 17 2015 - 16:12
Liam Neeson plays lead role in IRA sniper film dealFilm to be based on Mark Mulholland’s 'A Mad and Wonderful Thing'Thu Apr 16 2015 - 18:45
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
