Glorious Exploits author Ferdia Lennon: ‘Best writing advice? You can’t improve what you haven’t written’The author of one of the best Irish debut novels in years on twisting the classics, literary pilgrimages and his cultural recommendationsTue Jan 23 2024 - 00:00
Sally Rooney wins awards for clocking up millions of salesNormal People has sold more than one million copies in UK. Conversations with Friends and Beautiful World, Where Are You have each sold 500,000Mon Jan 22 2024 - 21:30
Ronan Bennett: ‘I’m not the only Irish person to criticise an Irish man in the White House for a lack of solidarity’The novelist’s new book, based on his Netflix hit Top Boy, draws on his experience of being Irish in London – and of being wrongly convicted of murder. But his status as a former convict cuts little ice in his home citySat Jan 20 2024 - 05:30
President honours Swiss Joycean and Brazilian scholar; Jason Allen-Paisant wins TS Eliot PrizeBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and round-up of the latest literary newsFri Jan 19 2024 - 13:06
Dublin Literary Award longlist: four Irish in running but Demon Copperhead leads fieldSebastian Barry, Joseph O’Connor, Claire Kilroy and Emma Donoghue up for €100,000 prizeTue Jan 16 2024 - 13:02
Sam Blake: ‘Some men don’t buy crime novels written by women’The crime novelist also known as Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin on her love of research, her favourite fictional character and the Paris sewersTue Jan 16 2024 - 05:20
Anne Enright, Paul Murray and Mark O’Connell on The Writers’ Prize shortlistBooks newsletter: the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Jan 11 2024 - 17:33
Kelly McCaughrain on her new book Little Bang and the catalyst that formed it ‘I felt compelled to write this book because I was so angry that it didn’t exist for me or my friends when we were teens’Sat Jan 06 2024 - 05:00
More money spent on books in 2023 than ever beforeBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Jan 05 2024 - 19:30
Paul Lynch’s Booker Prize winner is Ireland’s bestselling book of 2023Prophet Song pips Liz Nugent’s Strange Sally Diamond and Paul Murray’s The Bee StingWed Jan 03 2024 - 12:00
Nonfiction books to look out for in 2024Overcoming adversity and unimaginable trauma and uncovering hidden truths are common threads in some of 2024′s most promising non-fiction titles.Sun Dec 31 2023 - 10:39
Fiction to look out for in 2024: Returning favourites, a fearsome degenerate, and Ireland’s trailblazing all-woman rock band New novels by Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín and Marian Keyes are among the works in the pipeline, along with eagerly anticipated debuts by Ferdia Lennon and Scott McKendrySat Dec 30 2023 - 06:03
Sebastian Barry: ‘I have the sort of odd brain that is always creeping up on a new book’Irish author on prizes, translations and being the second Laureate of Irish FictionSun Dec 24 2023 - 05:00
Aidan Mathews: ‘Read classics and trash in equal ratio. Copycat your mentors until they become tormentors’Q&A: The author of Pure Filth on being a ‘roaming Catholic’, the problem with inviting Turgenev to dinner and the state of poetrySat Dec 16 2023 - 00:00
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: The literary world is more inclusive – but it’s also much more competitiveNí Dhuibhne talks about her newly published collection Selected Stories, the Irish literary scene and moreSat Dec 09 2023 - 00:00
Paul Murray to be Trinity Long Room Hub 2024 Rooney Writer FellowBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and events and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Dec 08 2023 - 19:30
Alaskan author Libby B Bushell wins The Moth Nature Writing PrizeRead the second and third-prize winning entries by US poet Molly Lanzarotta and Cavan-born writer and artist Mark LawlorThu Dec 07 2023 - 05:00
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray is An Post Irish Book of the Year 2023Tragicomic family saga secures top prize on top of Novel of the Year awardWed Dec 06 2023 - 23:35
The best books of 2023: Writers and critics chooseMore than 20 authors and reviewers select their favourite fiction and nonfiction titles of the yearSat Dec 02 2023 - 04:45
Theo Dorgan: I had not thought to last this long. I propose to continue for as long as I can get away with itDorgan talks about his new collection, Once Was a Boy, turning 70 and the arts scene in IrelandSat Dec 02 2023 - 00:00
Michael Magee wins Waterstones Irish Book of the Year; Sebastian Barry wins Prix du Meilleur Livre EtrangerBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Dec 01 2023 - 17:38
Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song set for increase in global book sales amid ‘Booker bounce’Before being shortlisted for the prize, Lynch’s book sold 2,643 copies. Last weekend that figure rose to 8,095Thu Nov 30 2023 - 16:09
Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize for Prophet SongIrish author’s fifth novel, set in an Ireland descending into chaos, is awarded £50,000 prizeSun Nov 26 2023 - 21:58
PJ Gallagher: Mental illness is the most articulate liar you will ever live with in your life‘Two years ago, I cancelled the project altogether because I got sick. So seeing any kind of reaction at all to an actual book is making me feel pretty good’Sun Nov 26 2023 - 05:00
Irish Writers for Palestine event switches to Vicar St; An Post Irish Book of the Year 2023 shortlistBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Nov 24 2023 - 11:29
Friends pay tribute on death of poet Eddie Linden at 88Poet overcame difficult childhood to found Aquarius magazine and co-found homeless charityTue Nov 21 2023 - 16:40
Irish authors dominate Nero adult fiction awardsPaul Murray, Megan Nolan, Michael Magee and Chloe Michelle Howarth on shortlistsTue Nov 21 2023 - 05:30
Ruth McKee: ‘We have something special in Ireland when it comes to writing and publishing’Author and editor on putting together the first edition of the Irish Writers HandbookSat Nov 18 2023 - 05:00
Roy Foster: Irish reunification ‘is nearer than I would have thought it a couple of decades ago’The historian discusses an array of subjects, including the damage wrought by Brexit, comparing WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney, and why ‘the whole revisionism thing is over’Sat Nov 18 2023 - 05:00
Lifetime Achievement Award for Roy Foster; Louise Nealon’s Snowflake to be Dublin’s One Book Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Nov 17 2023 - 12:30
Matt Cooper: I ask questions but I’m also a little sceptical about what I’m toldI’m laughing at the idea that I have solutions, because I’m a journalist and broadcaster who asks questions rather than providing answersSat Nov 11 2023 - 05:00
Irish writers host four nights in aid of PalestineBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s books pagesFri Nov 10 2023 - 12:00
Michael Connelly: ‘All four of my grandparents were of straight Irish descent. I feel it in my bones’Crime writer Michael Connelly on reuniting his two best-loved characters, Lincoln lawyer Mickey Haller and retired detective Harry Bosch for his new book, Resurrection Walk, fighting injustice and his love of jazzSat Nov 04 2023 - 05:00
John O’Donnell wins RTÉ Short Story Competition Books newsletter: A wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Nov 03 2023 - 10:55
‘I was heart jealous of the French girl my age at the next table’: Irish writers’ most memorable mealsFrom chicken and chips in foggy Venice, to the simple beauty of a tomato and an eggSat Oct 28 2023 - 05:00
Jane Clarke: ‘For months I was steeped in nature poetry from Yeats to the present day’ Hachette Ireland invited the poet to edit an anthology of Irish nature poems for illustrationSat Oct 28 2023 - 05:00
Gerald Dawe wins Lawrence O’Shaughnessy AwardBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest literary news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Oct 27 2023 - 17:23
Michael Magee wins 2023 Rooney Prize for Irish FictionBelfast author and editor is honoured for his acclaimed debut novel Close to HomeTue Oct 24 2023 - 18:30
Donal Fallon: The story of Ireland is there on Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix ParkDonal Fallon talks about his latest book, The Lamplighters of the Phoenix Park, his favourite street and pub in Dublin, and moreSun Oct 22 2023 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Ms Readathon; UCD honours David McWilliams; Allingham FestivalA round-up of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesFri Oct 20 2023 - 16:22
Mary Morrissy: ‘Journalism taught me to spot hidden stories’The author on reimagining Nora Joyce’s life, visiting the Brontë parsonage and moreSun Oct 15 2023 - 05:00
Why I wrote Dirty Linen: recording the toll the Troubles took on my parish, the long tail of traumaThe scale of the Northern conflict, more than 3,700 dead over 30 years in a population of just 1.5 million, is impossible to comprehend. I focused on my own parishSat Oct 14 2023 - 06:00
Mike McCormack: ‘There is no good time to lose your father’What happens to the father of Nealon, the protagonist of This Plague of Souls, his new novel, is also what happened to the author’s fatherSat Oct 14 2023 - 05:00
Niamh Mac Cabe wins London Magazine Short Story PrizeBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Oct 13 2023 - 18:44
Martina Evans: ‘When my main character Imelda becomes pregnant … even the ‘best’ option can be harrowing’Author’s latest book The Coming Thing emerges from dual obsessions, questions about life and death and a compelling need to get the poem rightSat Oct 07 2023 - 05:00
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Jane Clarke on TS Eliot Prize shortlistBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Oct 05 2023 - 18:10
Nobel Prize in Literature 2023: Norwegian author Jon Fosse winsThe author wins greatest prize in world literature ‘for his innovative plays and prose, which give voice to the unsayable’Thu Oct 05 2023 - 12:05
Sophie Hannah: ‘My mum normalised writing as a career, so it felt like a possibility for me’The British poet and novelist on writing crime novels, her latest movie project, The Mystery of Mr E, and being obsessed with self-help booksSat Sept 30 2023 - 00:00
Dromineer Literary Festival; Dublin Festival of History; Echoes; Bookshop of the Year; Polari PrizesBooks newsletter: a roundup of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Sept 28 2023 - 18:30
Maurice Leitch, acclaimed Irish author, dies, aged 90Co Antrim author portrayed Protestant Ulster in award-wining novels Poor Lazarus and Silver’s CityThu Sept 28 2023 - 15:00
