I wanted to write a book about Irish women’s writing. They told me to include men
If anything will embitter you, it is researching and writing a history of Irish women’s writing
If anything will embitter you, it is researching and writing a history of Irish women’s writing
Solenoid, published by Deep Vellum, is the first book translated from Romanian to win the award
Play breaks little ground theatrically, but few will emerge unmoved or uninterested
The writer on her new stage adaptation of The Pull of the Stars, her novel set over three feverish days in the maternity ward of a Dublin hospital
Unusually varied list also includes Jonathan Escoffery’s debut, If I Survive You
Big names such as Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue contribute
New community engagement programme to make the theatre ‘a more civic, open and democratic space’
Actors were two weeks into rehearsals when the show, which was set to star the Tony-winning actor Adrienne Warren, was halted
Hugh Linehan: There was a time when debates about authentic Irishness had more of an edge
Niamh Donnelly selects her favourite 16 novels and short-story collections from the past 12 months
Dublin-founded company sold a majority stake to global production and distribution giant Freemantle
Director Lenny Abrahamson and cast talk about adapting the author’s debut novel
Drama teacher was an avid collector, and sale includes jewellery, clothing and furniture
Book review: Booker shortlisted novel is a damning assessment of the state of the world
Review: Alexandra Kleeman chills with an original, acerbic novel about a near-future apocalypse
Adaptation of Irish writer's novel is first film to be green-lit out of new London office
Complaints to department from parents, though some students defend novels
Book reviews: Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing and Queer Love are cause for celebration
There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can
Fatherhood is a kind of makey-up thing, but it has come into its own in lockdown
Co-director of the Betty Ann Norton Theatre School helped to launch many acting careers
The author’s bestselling novel of confinement has new resonance during coronavirus
Along with the chronic physical illnesses of diabetes and fibromyalgia, Emma Donoghue (26) has had postnatal depression and anorexia to contend with. But life is slowly getting better
Today FM host acknowledges jaded public mood, while Jennifer Zamparelli reveals a gritty side of Irish life
Raymond Deane’s Vagabones dramatises one of the few witch trials to have ever taken place in Ireland
Yuga Wang makes her Irish debut, and Vagabones gets its first Irish airing
As a teacher, I have always known how tough the exams are. Reform is overdue
The Dubliner on the exhausting success of Room, anti-Semitism and his ghostly The Little Stranger
The ‘significant’ financial burden will have implications beyond cancelled events
A remarkable California teen comes to a realisation about her predatory father
The ‘Room’ author on making a musical version of her all-conquering book for the stage
In the final part of our series on influential books by women writers, we focus on Irish authors
How does life change for a film-maker who now has that gold man on the shelf?
‘Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village’ shows the power of religious iconography
The Dublin author’s book is an intensification of the common experience of having a child, in all its claustrophobic terror and glory
Eight Irish writers’ monologues create a moving theatrical tapestry
‘It’s not a historical piece. This is theatre.’ Here’s how Signatories took shape
Tanya Sweeney: Why waste the opportunity to bask in the famed glamour of Oscars night with total abandon?
Wins for one of the Irish films vying for best picture at tonight’s Academy Awards
Saoirse Ronan, Lenny Abrahamson and Emma Donoghue talk academy fantasies
‘The Revenant’ or ‘Room’? Leonardo DiCaprio or Michael Fassbender? Brie Larson or Saoirse Ronan? It’s the most unpredictable best-picture race in decades
Lenny Abrahamson’s Room and John Crowley’s Brooklyn vie for the best picture Oscar this weekend. They are part of a grand tradition
Best film goes to The Revenant – tale of survival from 19th century US frontier
Gavin McCrea’s research into the elusive, illiterate Lizzie Burns is now a historical novel
The glamorous stuff that gives the nation a lift is a byproduct of a messy, dynamic creative ecosystem full of knowns and unknowns
Irish success at Academy Awards shows the value of both cultural planning and self-belief
Pundits underestimated films’ potential ahead of Academy Awards announcement
Sylvester Stallone takes best supporting actor for ‘Creed’ in Los Angeles ceremony
Donald Clarke previews Sunday night’s award ceremony in Los Angeles
There's a nod to visual art, the stage, and even a robot-themed 3D printing company in Gemma Tipton's selection of people to watch in the arts this year
Why does the London Film Critics’ Circle refer to Irish actors as British? It’s baffling
The Man Booker shortlist author on the joys of Portland, writing modern fairytales, his next project, and why he felt he had no choice but to bin a 300-page novel he had finished
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