Emilie Pine: ‘I miss the children I didn’t have. Some people get that and some don’t’
The author’s debut novel draws on her personal experience of infertility and loss
The debut books and authors to look out for in 2019
We asked some writers to tell us about their debuts ahead of their publication
Be One. Inspire One: ‘It's OK to fail along the way’
Lisa Coen and Sarah Davis-Goff, who set up Tramp Press four years ago, have published a string of successful titles
Kenny puts the boot in on misery, as Tubridy gets an early Christmas present
Gleeson reminds book lovers what they’ll be missing when she departs the airwaves
Seven things to see at the Imagine Arts Festival in Waterford
Waterford’s big weekend is jam-packed with music, books and exhibitions – and blaas
‘At every key step in Solar Bones’ journey, men faltered but women stayed firm’
My publishers didn’t baulk at its domesticity, that it is about a middle-aged engineer, the lack of punctuation and the way the whole thing unfurls as one unbroken sentence
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
Independent Irish publishers get in party spirit with Bring Your Own Stories event
An evening of readings by emerging authors in Dublin last night saw local publishers team up to have fun and create a platform
Who should become the first Laureate for Irish Fiction?
Eimear McBride, Jennifer Johnston and Kevin Barry are some of the names that have been suggested in response to the Arts Council’s call for nominees for its new three-year, €150,000 role. The judges will announce their decision in January
'Flight': a snapshot of Ireland a decade before its time
Eight years after she wrote ‘Flight’, Oonagh Frawley’s novel about international Ireland has found a brave new publisher
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