Eoin Colfer

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Disney shares its eight-year film schedule: Artemis Fowl lands next year, Avatar 2 in 2021

The actor and director talks Shakespeare ‘trutherism’ and his working-class upbringing

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Demand for children’s literature has skyrocketed following success of likes of Colfer and Shan

Bestselling author’s lavishly renovated Ballymorris House down from €1.65m to €1.25m

Irish writers have poured scorn on a Guardian listing of books that define Ireland

Michael West’s Frankenstein adaption and a Wexford man without promise of a future

Douglas Adams’s novel is still a hilarious map to life’s terrain

Bestselling author turned a modest country house into an exceptionally finished home

Roddy Doyle and children’s laureate PJ Lynch launch book written and illustrated in Fighting Words workshops

Cycling campaigners lodge ‘serious complaint’ with RTÉ over segment on show

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

A slew of famous voices are bringing 10 of Dublin’s best-known monuments alive

Memorial fund is named after children’s literature champion Robert Dunbar

Q&A with Michael Londra: ‘When I left, it wasn’t to run away but to run toward something’

No need to stay cooped up this holiday season – gift yourself some great days out instead

Waterford, Kilkenny and Wexford join to bid for €170m-funded European capital of culture

Dealing with self-harm, mental health and ideas of bravery, Rudden’s first book for children, ‘Knights of the Borrowed Dark’, explores difficulties he himself has faced

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Joe Duffy, Sara Baume, Jim McGuinness, Louise O’Neill, Donal Ryan, Sinéad Gleeson and Niall Breslin among winners at Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2015

Nicola Colton’s ‘A Dublin Fairytale’; Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers’s ‘Imaginary Fred’ ; Michael Morpurgo’s ‘An Eagle in the Snow’; Rainbow Rowell’s ‘Carry On’

Former primary school teacher rose to fame after writing Artemis Fowl series

Illustrator PJ Lynch was never interested in writing – until he stumbled across the story of a servant who fell from the Mayflower and survived

Two books showcase PJ Lynch’s superb illustrations, and the zany saga of the crayons continues, writes Robert Dunbar

After Williams recited his first poem on stage in 1995, his ascent was rapid

A revamped list of texts has been brought in at secondary level. But is it too modern?

Impresario set on saving west London pub and helping Waterford’s Capital of Culture bid

Fighting Words seeks volunteers, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Paula McGrath launch new novels, and celebrities and authors read at Dubray Books

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ makes top 100 for first time, but ‘Wimpy Kid’ dominates charts

The O’Brien Press is 40. In that time, its founder has broken a lot of ground, from true crime to children’s books

Children’s books: David Almond’s A Song for Ella Grey; Anna Carey’s Rebecca Is Always Right; and Beyond the Stars

Sarah Webb explains how she persuaded the cream of Irish children’s writers and illustrators to combine on an anthology to raise funds for Fighting Words

Laureate na nÓg launches nationwide tour of storytelling in his native Wexford

This pair might have sass to burn, but the lame jokes mean this comedy never quite gets off the ground

What to check out at the book festival this weekend in Dún Laoghaire

Eilís Dillon wrote almost 40 children’s books – now, 20 years after her death, it’s great to see her influence reflected on our modern bookshelves

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