Top Irish authors contribute to new book to help adult literacy
Publication in plain English marks 40 years of the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA)
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
Short story: After the Fourth War by Christine Dwyer Hickey
What will the capital look like years, centuries, even millenniums from now? Dublin in the Coming Times invites the people of the city to imagine how their home will change. Christine Dwyer Hickey continues the series with a short story imagining a future Dublin
Duck restaurant review: A whip-smart spot to try in Co Wexford
The long-standing Duck restaurant in Gorey has a confidence about its food and service
Christine Dwyer Hickey: A sobering thought on drink and an Italian ‘tragedia’
‘What starts out as an adventure becomes a habit, and a well-fed habit can only go one way’
Christine Dwyer Hickey: Looking for the heart of Armagh
‘In the hotel bar, late in the evening, four middle-aged men cautiously crossed the floor’
Christine Dwyer Hickey: Not so far from Mumbai to our Dublin homeless
‘As a teenager I went on the gur many times. But then a friend helped me to realise that an unhappy home is better than no home at all’
Literary listings: Irish head for Edinburgh, and Library Voices at Dun Laoghaire
Fighting Words seeks volunteers, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Paula McGrath launch new novels, and celebrities and authors read at Dubray Books
Ten things we learned at West Cork Literary Festival
Writers can get very angry but they shouldn’t go to the gym: these and other literary nuggets were divulged in Bantry
Christine Dwyer Hickey Q&A: my influences, from Mrs Dalloway to Janice Galloway
‘There is no better way to appreciate another culture or to begin to understand the lives of others than through a well-written novel’
John Montague on Christine Dwyer Hickey: ‘a rich and varied oeuvre’
One of Ireland’s finest poets reviews the career of our Book Club author, from Tatty to The Lives of Women: 'her work sustains a voice, and evokes a place, with exceptional control'
The writing ritual: from blank page to Booker contender
Doughnuts and cigarettes or blindfold, earmuffs and earplugs? Writers can have odd ways of getting ready for their working day – or night. Gavin Corbett, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Henrietta McKervey, Thomas Morris and Paul Murray take us into their creative worlds
In praise of Christine Dwyer Hickey, by John Montague
Irish Women Writers: ‘Novelist, short-story writer and playwright, as diverse and original a talent as one could hope to find’
The L factor: a literary ambassador for Ireland
Thirty-four authors have made the longlist for the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction
Leading writers take on a different canvas
Seamus Heaney, John Banville and others are inspired by the National Gallery’s art in a new anthology
Something to build on: good structure can give a story breathing space
Deciding on a shape for your book can give you confidence and freedom
The mellow grimness of life in the 1950s: The Friday Tree
Review: Sophia Hillan’s first novel has its flaws, but it is also moving and memorable
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