Author Emma Donoghue: ‘I grew up very normal, yet had this secret side that I thought everyone would consider foul’
The writer on literary reputation, emigration and ‘the crushing weight of being the only gay in the village’
Margaret Atwood
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
April 5th-10th highlights, including Other Voices presents Foo Fighters; Intinní Áille – Beautiful Minds; Tracks & Trails and The Testaments
New TV shows: Ten of the best to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and Apple TV in April
Including The Boys, Beef, Big Mistakes, The Testaments and Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Beryl Bainbridge drew on her own life for her funny, dark novels
Two of the British writer’s best works, The Bottle Factory Outing and An Awfully Big Adventure, are republished this month
Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood: a literary titan on the art of writing – and art of living
This Booker Prize-winner marries a lifetime of unconventional living with her own writing alter egos
How Substack is upending media: ‘It is seriously challenging the old-guard message that people won’t pay for writing’
Big-name writers Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Paul Krugman and Tina Brown have flocked to the platform
Humanity might yet prove the species that was too stupid and greedy to save itself
In Ireland, we call it “mé féinism” - but now it’s everywhere. Could people power save us?
Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in May
Including Murderbot, Welcome to Wrexham, The Better Sister, Dept Q and Bono: Stories of Surrender
AI panic: Artists angry that a machine is learning from their work should relax
Has no one noticed that art for as long as it has existed is entirely derivative? That humans are as mimetic as machines?
Dalkey Book Festival, The Killers and other events to see, shows to book and ones coming your way this week
June 8th-14th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Margaret Atwood postpones Bord Gáis theatre event after testing positive for Covid-19
Canadian author says she will try to reschedule event with Laurie Anderson and Mary Robinson for later in the year
The Guide: Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
June 1st-7th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
I was first to read The Handmaid’s Tale, that’s my claim to fame: Valerie Martin on friendship with Margaret Atwood
American novelist’s latest book, Mrs Gulliver, reimagines Juliet as a cunning blind brothel worker
Fourteen Days: Stories about pandemic shut-ins in New York from Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue
Big names such as Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue contribute
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices