The Voids by Ryan O’Connor: a compassionate, original novel
Book review: much of this reads like a surreal picaresque in a destitute part of Glasgow
Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2021: Two first-time novelists on shortlist
Debut novels among five that make final cut for €15,000 award at Listowel Writers’ Week
The Panic Years: In search of motherhood
Book review: Journalist Nell Frizzell wanted a baby but her bodyclock was a time bomb
Neck trouble, philosophy and defiance: A literary guide to middle age
Our middle years have had a makeover thanks to some excellent recent literature
Policing the borderlands of fiction and non-fiction
For serious writers, invention in reportage remains taboo
‘The day after the US election, I just sat down and sobbed’
In conversation: Helen O’Leary and Claire Walsh
Nicole Krauss: end of a marriage is ‘terrifying but the freefall is exhilarating’
The bestselling writer on autobiography, being part of a literary power couple with Jonathan Safran Foer, and what happens when it all falls apart
Shelf life: writers take us through their collections
Ahead of this year’s Dublin Book Festival, we ask some of the participating authors to tell us the stories behind the books in their personal collections
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