Poem of the Week: Gó gan Ghá/Unnecessary Lie
A new work by Aifric Mac Aodha, translated by David Wheatley
The Scribes of March: in praise of writers’ groups
A Benedict Kiely Reader: Drink to the Bird and Selected Essays review - Words on the importance of place
Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year: Celebrity ‘manifesting’ influences 2024 choice
Believe Nothing Until it is Officially Denied: Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism - A manic press career
The Care Dilemma by David Goodhart: A book about the vital unpaid care work that makes society tick will antagonise many readers
Motivations of the Irish who served in the first World War were complicated
New poetry: Drypoint; The Shark Nursery; Veld Fires; Goodlord
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Children’s author Sibéal Pounder: ‘I was bullied at school. It made me analyse people in a forensic way’
By Martin Doyle
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By John Self
Wise Women by Sharon Blackie and Angharad Wynne: Elder female archetypes liberated from ancient European stories
By Adrienne Murphy
Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey: A powerful exposé of ‘law enforcement misconduct and chicanery’
By Brian Cliff
The Taiwan Story: How a Small Island Will Dictate the Global Future – Does China have an appetite to take its ultimate prize by force?
By Oliver Farry
Mad, Isn’t It? by Emma Doran and Country Fail by Killian Sundermann: Two comedy books that offer genuine comic relief
By Brigid O'Dea
Manchán Magan: India and Ireland share many features that show remarkable commonality. What’s going on here?
By Manchán Magan
John Boyne: ‘I’ve reviewed books by friends and occasionally by antagonists but there’s only one I regret’
By Martin Doyle
Kinahan Assassins: The scale, depth and depravity of organised crime in 21st-century Ireland laid bare
By Conor Brady
Jonathan Coe: ‘The morning after the election felt like waking up in a safe room, having been in an abusive relationship for 14 years’
By John Self
David Marcus: Editing Ireland, edited by Paul Delaney and Deirdre Madden: Rich miscellany of poems, stories and reminiscences
By Patricia Craig
Rita: A Memoir by Rita O’Hare; At the End of The Day by Jimmy Kelly; Until We Fall by Helena Sheehan
By Brigid O'Dea
The Place of Tides by James Rebanks: A tender and open-hearted account of life on a tiny Norwegian island
By NJ McGarrigle
