The poet as press attaché – An Irishman’s Diary on John Betjeman in Ireland

Great reads: 20 books to unwind with this summer

From established talent to rising stars, here is our reading guide for the months ahead

Exhibit A – An Irishwoman’s Diary on the Ballydehob Museum of Treasures

Leading authors tell Man Booker to drop American writers

Top Irish writers part of Folio Academy which say prizes should be closed to US novelists

Javier Marías: ‘General Franco always seemed ridiculous: a short, ugly man with a shrill voice’

Growing up in Madrid under Franco, novelist Javier Marías secretly mocked the fascist leader. The period after Spain’s transition to democracy is the setting for his latest book

10 summer releases to watch out for

New novels from Milan Kundera, Paul Murray and Nuala Ní Chonchúir are among the season's highlights

Will it be third-time lucky for Tóibín?

Irish writer makes Man Booker shortlist again as McCann and Ryan lose out

Three Irish novelists on tenterhooks over Booker shortlist

Donal Ryan, Colm Tóibín and Colum McCann hope to be among six nominees

Mohsin Hamid: ‘Writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain’

Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist was an international bestseller and is about to hit the big screen, starring Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland and Riz Ahmed. His new novel is called How To Get Rich In Rising Asia. Is it really a self-help book? Or is it a 21st-century Great Gatsby?