The Irish Times

Empty Houses: a captivating debut from a writer to watch

Brenda Navarro uses dual narratives to explore missing children and dark maternity

Mon Mar 15 2021 - 06:00

The rise of the virtual book club

Writer Brian Leyden on how his book club has moved to Zoom to survive the lockdown

Wed Apr 01 2020 - 06:07

Rare U2 Dublin concert footage revealed

Footage of secret concert on community centre roof in Sheriff Street in 1982 emerges

Tue Apr 16 2019 - 00:01

Feast Days by Ian MacKenzie review: A truly convincing female voice

The astute, captivating story of expat life of an American woman in Brazil

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00

100 books by women you have to read

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

Mon Jun 04 2018 - 16:14

Don’t call Trump a gaslighter: he’s just an inveterate liar

The US president is not slyly trying to alter our perception of reality – he’s just a fibber

Sat Jan 21 2017 - 06:00

Obama interview: the books that guided him

Barack Obama talks to New York Times chief book critic about role of literature and writing in his life, from helping him work out his own identity to connecting with people

Mon Jan 16 2017 - 15:05

So gender quotas are sexist? What nonsense | Emer O’Toole

If I were a man sitting in the Dáil and I knew the only reason I’d got there was because of the special privileges my gender affords me, I’d be embarrassed

Mon Aug 10 2015 - 01:00

Ketil Bjornstad: ‘The novel is the best weapon against multi-tasking’

Brought to Book Q&A: Norwegian author and pianist on where he writes and what he reads

Fri Jan 23 2015 - 15:00

What a character: writers in fiction

With the Dublin Writers Festival kicking off this week, here are 10 great books with writers as their subject

Fri May 16 2014 - 01:00

Brought to Book: Linda Spalding on her literary life

‘I had to remould my brain to write “The Follow”. It involved three trips to Borneo and years of reading and studying and thinking hard about human beings and our place in the natural world’

Mon Apr 28 2014 - 01:00