The Booker Prize boost: ‘It certainly changed the way people look at me’Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright and Irish booksellers on the real difference the prestigious award makes as two Irish writers hit shortlistSat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
Daniel Mason: ‘The more time I spend in the woods, the more in awe I am at the richness of the natural world’Mason discusses his new novel North Woods, his love of the natural world and being a practising physicianSat Sept 23 2023 - 05:00
Booker Prize 2023: Irish authors Paul Murray and Paul Lynch make shortlistSarah Bernstein, Jonathan Escoffery, Paul Harding and Chetna Maroo also in for £50,000 awardThu Sept 21 2023 - 20:15
Gutter Bookshop changes hands; Irish on Edge Hill prize shortlist; Dublin Book Festival launchedBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a wrap of the latest newsThu Sept 21 2023 - 13:07
Mick Herron: the joyous juxtaposition of disgraced spies and cranky office politicsThe auther of the award-winning Slough House series says he doesn’t dream about high-powered dinner parties but prefers the idea of a lock-in somewhere, with all writers welcomeSat Sept 16 2023 - 06:36
Irish Book Week; Dubray at 50; Great Reads Awards; Murder One; Dublin Festival of HistoryBooks newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest literary newsFri Sept 15 2023 - 18:03
Leontia Flynn: I need to write or nothing makes sensePoet who lectures at Queen’s University Belfast reflects on her new collection Taking Liberties, and her careerSat Sept 09 2023 - 05:00
BBC Short Story Award shortlist revealed; festivals in Dalkey, Dublin, Bere Island and ClifdenA preview of tomorrow’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsFri Sept 08 2023 - 17:17
Claire Keegan: ‘I don’t come from a close family. We are not close at all’So Late in the Day, the author’s quietly devastating new story, draws on the misogyny and meanness of the Ireland she grew up inSun Sept 03 2023 - 05:30
Karin Smirnoff: ‘Taking on Stieg Larsson’s characters and the world surrounding them is a challenge’The Swedish writer on Nordic noir and publishing her first novel aged 53Sat Sept 02 2023 - 05:00
Little Island is first Irish publisher to have Kirkus Prize finalist; Moses McKenzie wins Hawthornden PrizeBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a wrap of the latest literary newsFri Sept 01 2023 - 18:02
‘What a joy to read’: Ottessa Moshfegh on this year’s Moth Short Story Prize winnerThis year’s judge on winner Jude Whiley; Paul Currion (second prize) and Natalie Bevilacqua (third prize)Thu Aug 31 2023 - 10:51
Linwood Barclay: ‘My father’s wallet inspired a plot point’Author’s latest thriller, The Lie Maker, takes a new angle on a witness protection storySat Aug 26 2023 - 05:00
Alice Winn wins Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize; Danielle Jawando awarded YA Book PrizeBooks newsletter: a summary of the latest literary news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Aug 25 2023 - 16:22
Andrea Carter: ‘I’m a fan of the golden age of crime fiction, so I tend to write in that style’The author on her legal background, writing advice and why the Inishowen peninsula is so specialSat Aug 19 2023 - 05:00
An Post renews Irish Book Awards sponsorship; Spiritual Wounds by Síobhra Aiken wins Whitfield PrizeBooks newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest literary newsFri Aug 18 2023 - 12:56
Noel O’Regan’s debut novel is an exploration of place, people and unifying meaning ‘Its genesis came from thinking about the ways in which we bestow meaning on certain spaces, how these can then become places of pilgrimage’Sat Aug 12 2023 - 05:00
Thomas Morris: ‘I was hiding. I hid my stammer. I hid that we were poor. My characters can’t hide any more’The Open Up author decided that, if he was going to thrive, he needed to stop pretending he was something he’s notSat Aug 12 2023 - 05:00
Dara McAnulty makes Wainwright shortlist; new chair and director for Listowel Writers’ WeekBooks newsletter: A preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Aug 10 2023 - 17:15
Laura Lippman: ‘Crime fiction is an outstanding vehicle for social commentary’The American writer on her new novel Prom Mom and being inspired by real-life storiesSat Aug 05 2023 - 05:00
Steve Cavanagh: ‘Thomas Harris sparked my interest in crime fiction when I read Silence of the Lambs at a young age’The Northern Irish crime novelist on Hitchcock, having written the seventh most bought book in Germany and books as ‘empathy machines’Sat Jul 29 2023 - 05:00
Booksellers appeal for support in Budget; five Irish writers on Polari Prize longlistsBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Jul 28 2023 - 14:46
Sinéad O’Connor by Bono, Annie Lennox, Shane MacGowan and more: ‘The U2ers are heartbroken’Poets and authors write about what the late singer-songwriter and social activist meant to themFri Jul 28 2023 - 14:18
Forest Fest review: A wet but fun weekend in Co LaoisStorming sets from Suede, Peter Hook, James and Dream Wife among this year’s highlights at festivalMon Jul 24 2023 - 16:58
Susannah Dickey: ‘I get really bugged about how the North is discursively infantilised’With her second novel out in paperback, the author reflects on writing poetry, reviews and capitalismSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
The best books of 2023 so far: Anne Enright, Joseph O’Connor, Liz Nugent, Colm Tóibín and more have their sayWe round up some opinions on the finest reads this year which you might think worth bringing on holidays with youSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
Sophie White wins Shirley Jackson Award; Write by the Sea and Murder One festival line-ups revealedBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Jul 20 2023 - 17:13
Patrick deWitt: ‘It’s only sensible that one’s humour should mirror the times’The Canadian writer on his new novel The Librarianist, his ‘exciting’ literary pilgrimage and developing a dark sense of humourSun Jul 16 2023 - 08:00
Michael Magee and Colin Walsh shortlisted for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jul 13 2023 - 10:13
Nick Laird: ‘It was definitely helpful to me to leave Northern Ireland to get a perspective on it’The poet’s latest collection features a sequence about his father’s death during CovidSat Jul 08 2023 - 05:00
Irish writers protest over Victoria Amelina’s murder; Edge Hill Prize longlist; Michael McLaverty story awardBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Jul 06 2023 - 16:56
Mary O’Donoghue: ‘The first paragraph is where it’s at, where possibilities are asserted’The writer on her new short story collection, working as a fiction editor in the US and the joys of translating Irish poetrySat Jul 01 2023 - 05:00
Colm Tóibín, Louise Kennedy and Ciarán Folan win prizes; four Irish poets on Forward shortlistsBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesFri Jun 30 2023 - 10:43
Siobhan MacGowan: ‘History has always been for me the ultimate story’Author talks about her new novel, The Graces, set in early 20th century IrelandSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
New Irish festival for Switzerland; Yoto Carnegie Medal winners; Encore Award for Daisy HildyardBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 22 2023 - 16:42
Chris Mullin: ‘The UK is now more insular, isolated and divided’Former British Labour MP and journalist has updated version of book Error of Judgement on Birmingham Six on way as 50th anniversary of pub bombings approachesSun Jun 18 2023 - 05:00
First digital directory of Irish publishers and Literature Ireland translation series launched; MoLI wins awardA round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday's books pagesThu Jun 15 2023 - 11:26
Barbara Kingsolver wins Women’s Prize for Fiction with Demon Copperhead Gritty, poignant novel set in the Appalachian mountains is a reimagining of Dickens’ David CopperfieldWed Jun 14 2023 - 19:30
Una Mannion: ‘Books that make me laugh are the same ones that devastate me’Author on her favourite books, her new novel Tell Me What I Am and why Turkey is the most remarkable place she has visitedSat Jun 10 2023 - 00:00
Paterson Joseph wins Christopher Bland Prize; Niall McDevitt celebrated; Giggler gets the musical treatmentBooks newsletter: A roundup of the latest literary news and a preview of this Saturday’s books pagesThu Jun 08 2023 - 12:15
Cecelia Ahern: ‘I feel very comfortable writing about people’s foibles’The author on her new novel, In a Thousand Different Ways, and why her work is so attractive to film-makersSun Jun 04 2023 - 05:00
Patricia Forde is new Laureate na nÓg; Michelle Gallen’s Factory Girls shortlisted for Encore AwardBooks newsletter: A round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Jun 01 2023 - 16:42
Arinze Ifeakandu: An exploration of what it means to be gay in contemporary Nigeria‘I do have a complicated relationship with Nigeria, but that complication is becoming less stifling as the days go by’Sat May 27 2023 - 04:49
Leopold O’Shea wins Stinging Fly story competition; Girls Who Slay Monsters wins children’s book prizeBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu May 25 2023 - 09:00
Ciara O’Connor wins Caterpillar Poetry PrizeMichael Rosen picks Dundalk lecturer’s poem, Hints of an Adventurer for €1,000 awardThu May 25 2023 - 05:00
Booker International Prize: Georgi Gospodinov’s Time Shelter, translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel, winsTime Shelter centres on a clinic for Alzheimer’s sufferers that unlocks memories by recreating the pastTue May 23 2023 - 22:00
Preti Taneja: ‘Children of first-generation immigrant parents are born experiments’Newcastle-based British-Indian writer on colonialism, identity and her craft as a novelistSat May 20 2023 - 05:00
Louise Kennedy wins best debut at British Book Awards; line-ups announced for Borris and UCD festivalsBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s books pagesFri May 19 2023 - 12:38
Sinéad Gleeson to publish debut novel next yearAuthor reunites with 4th Estate’s Kishani Widyaratna, who published her nonfiction debut ConstellationsMon May 15 2023 - 09:30
Sarah Gilmartin: ‘A lot more needs to be done to make the reporting of sexual crimes easier for victims’Q&A: The author on #MeToo, good advice from Dickens, and the inspiration behind Service, her new novel of power and sexual politics in the hospitality industrySat May 13 2023 - 05:00
