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Peter Higgs says Brexit ‘a disaster’ for scientific research
Nobel laureate among dignitaries conferred with honorary degrees by Trinity College Dublin
Mia Gallagher: A decade spent making strange lost worlds
It has taken 10 years for Mia Gallagher to follow up her debut novel, but the almost labyrinthine Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland is well worth getting lost in
Caitríona O’Reilly wins ‘Irish Times’ Poetry Now award
Poet’s collection ‘Geis’ was described as ‘intense and intelligent’ by this year’s judges
And then there were five: Poetry Now shortlist announced
Four women and one man will vie for this year’s €2,000 best Irish collection prize
Winter Pages: a treasure trove of soul fuel with deep roots in Irish soil
If this standard is kept up, writes Kevin Gildea, then Winter Pages will become as essential as a warm fire on the wet miserable nights of our Irish winter lives
Literary listings: Irish head for Edinburgh, and Library Voices at Dun Laoghaire
Fighting Words seeks volunteers, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Paula McGrath launch new novels, and celebrities and authors read at Dubray Books
The writing ritual: from blank page to Booker contender
Doughnuts and cigarettes or blindfold, earmuffs and earplugs? Writers can have odd ways of getting ready for their working day – or night. Gavin Corbett, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Henrietta McKervey, Thomas Morris and Paul Murray take us into their creative worlds
Fallen review: love in death in Rising Dublin
Lia Mills’s novel explores the role of Irish soldiers in the first World War and the rebellions taking place in Ireland
Summer books that sizzle – whether it’s sunny or not
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
Hot debate at sunny Dalkey book event
Festival featured a range of authors including Sebastian Barry, Donal Ryan and John Banville
The plot thickens: no spoilers
Tightly wound or free-flowing? Well charted or twists and turns? Jojo Moyes, Sam Lipsyte, John Connolly, Lia Mills and Tana French on plotting your book
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