Strong currents: the pull of the sea, from Mayo to Oslo, in Amanda Bell’s Riptide

Tracing the power of water and art in a poet’s work, from Donald Teskey to Edvard Munch

Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Tales from bedsitland: a grubby rite of passage for young Irish

Irish Times readers share their experiences of shared toilets and one-bar electric heaters

Stealing – The Show: An Irishman’s Diary about literary larceny at Ireland’s oldest public library

The mystery of the library book that went missing for a century

An intriguing real life puzzle at Dublin's Marsh’s Library is at the heart of a new children’s story book