‘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
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
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
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
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
