New queer literature anthologies show the work done and the work yet to do
Book reviews: Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing and Queer Love are cause for celebration
Writers during Covid-19: ‘I have no work in my diary for the first time in eight years’
Words Ireland group calls for increased funding for arts sector in Budget 2021
The Ghost Factory review: A first novel that haunts for the wrong reasons
Jenny McCartney’s debut about a friendship in Northern Ireland is let down by the writing
Big house darkness and drama in Claire Fuller’s new novel
With nods to her Irish roots, ‘Bitter Orange’ reads like an assured, old-school classic
Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017
Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
The Guyliner, Blind Date scourge, signs books deal
Bookmarks: a round-up of the latest Irish literary news and listings
‘Go easy on me – this was my first attempt at prose, never mind a short story’
Paul McVeigh describes the strange sensation of rereading his first adult short story and recalls how it evolved into his novel ‘The Good Son’, July’s ‘Irish Times’ Book Club choice
ISLA literary festival: a Q&A with bestselling Mexican author Monica Lavin
The Good Son author Paul McVeigh talks to Monica Lavin, who visits Dublin this week, about turtle dung, Mary Lavin, short stories versus novels, memory and migration
Ten great Northern Irish novels you might have missed
Authors are using new ways of writing to reflect a changed political environment
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