Are superhero films and remakes the only career promotion left in Hollywood?
The opportunity to play with the noisiest toys in the biggest sandpit must be hard to resist
The opportunity to play with the noisiest toys in the biggest sandpit must be hard to resist
Book review: Captivating debut novel about the dangers of pursuing the American dream
The actor and singer on why Blindboy merits a TV show, the political art of David Alfaro Siqueiros and the late, great Aretha Franklin
Eoin McHugh’s latest exhibition gets us closer to things we can’t see or comprehend
Review: It’s adequately acted, smoothly edited and as dead as Carel Fabritius
Knives Out, Joker, Jojo Rabbit, The Goldfinch and The Report among the contenders
Toronto film festival: Opening weekend also included Knives Out, Greed and Sea Fever
Donald Clarke runs the rule over the likely winners ahead of this week’s festival trifecta
Book review: Kate Weinberg’s intelligent debut is set in a vividly rendered English university
Canadian event is the most important cinema festival in North American calendar
Few films have felt so awards-baity since The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list
Morocco in the 1950s is a captivating setting for this uneven but admirably sinister novel
The art market is a piranha pool. Here’s how to safely dip your toes in the water
This stunning and fearless debut novel is about adoption and the desire to belong
Flashes of brilliant writing are weighed down by the plot in ‘Miniaturist’ author’s new novel
Righteous teenage angst cuts through the phony adult world of modern America
‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ is based on attempt to kill reggae king Bob Marley
Books nominated by public libraries for consideration include 142 novels
Should Amazon’s latest attempt to dominate the ebook market make us fear for the written word?
Donna Tartt’s splendidly time-consuming, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is giving me heart
The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction last week announced a list of the top 20 most influential books written by women. We continue our series on female authors, looking at the books as voted for by the public.
With the Leaving Cert results out this week, here’s a literary taster of what to expect at third level
Opinion: authors should back Amazon in the battle with Hachette
Online retailer has halted pre-orders of some Disney movies as it wages battle against Hachette
It’s hard to beat the pleasure of settling down on a sun lounger or sofa with a good book. Here are 25 of the season’s best to choose from
‘If I love a book, I want to own a print version of it. My (huge) collection is like a physical manifestation of what furnishes my brain’
Taking your ereader to the beach will free you from sandy pages, smudges, sore wrists and one-arm sunburn
In the first of a series, we recommend some destination-specific titles for summer trips abroad, with help from our correspondents
‘I am at my happiest when I have completed a first draft of a novel and am about to begin a second’
Historical, classical and biblical references litter the novel but ‘Tatiana’ is a contemporary tale that lifts the lid on the power struggles of modern Moscow
Historical, classical and biblical references litter the novel but ‘Tatiana’ is a contemporary tale in which Renko’s investigation lifts the lid on the power struggles of modern Moscow
Audrey Magee and Eimear McBride in running for £30,000 prize
What writing trends have struck you lately? Pornography! I’m astounded at how many women want to read explicit descriptions of sex.
Opinion: The tapenade-eaters are always going to remain immune to the charms of ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’
The ‘best of’ lists tend to narrow our reading habits – so what lost classics might have escaped readers’ attention?
Food has always found its way into fiction. There’s even a genre where eating forms the backdrop to the story
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices