Martin Doyle

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Martin Doyle is Books Editor of The Irish Times.

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Booker Prize 2025: David Szalay wins for Flesh

‘We had never read anything quite like it,’ says judging panel chair Roddy Doyle of the author’s ‘extraordinary, singular’ novel

Mon Nov 10 2025 - 22:00

Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits

The €10,000 prize, awarded annually since 1976, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40

Mon Nov 10 2025 - 12:27

Author Kevin Smith: ‘Whenever I leave the North I do feel a pull – a hankering for that coded familiarity’

The writer on his latest novel, Injury Time; his favourite funny writers; and the book that always makes him cry

Sat Nov 08 2025 - 04:33

John Boyne wins second top French prize

Books newsletter: Prix Femina; Storylines Europe, Write-Time and Yarn festivals; Prix de Traduction; Goldsmith & Baillie Gifford Prizes

Fri Nov 07 2025 - 10:53

Bernie McGill: ‘I got through an English degree at Queen’s without encountering a single Irish female writer’

The author on parity of esteem, the genius of Hilary Mantel, and the inestimable importance of libraries

Sat Nov 01 2025 - 05:06

Mary O’Malley wins Derek Walcott Prize

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Oct 31 2025 - 10:45

Anne Enright: ‘I’m in a lull. I’m trying to recalibrate after a long decade of elder care’

Anne Enright’s time looking after her parents has given the Booker winner an opportunity to take stock, both personally and creatively

Sun Oct 26 2025 - 05:31

Elizabeth Day: ‘I felt like a total failure – divorced, single at 39 and in the trenches of IVF’

Author and host of the How to Fail podcast on growing up in Northern Ireland, writing a column when she was 12, and her new novel, One of Us

Sat Oct 25 2025 - 05:00

Children’s Booker Prize launched

Books newsletter: Circling the Square; Listowel curator appointed; Ballyscullion Park Book Festival; Bridport Prize for Irish writer

Fri Oct 24 2025 - 10:16

Richard Hawley at 3Olympia review: Love songs, with strings attached

Concert for Coles Corner album’s 20th anniversary is a showcase for Sheffield band’s versatility and virtuosity

Thu Oct 23 2025 - 10:15

Irish Book Awards: Brenda Fricker, Leo Varadkar, Manchán Magan and Andy Farrell shortlisted

Awards ‘remain the cornerstone of Ireland’s literary calendar’ and will be held on November 27th in Dublin

Wed Oct 22 2025 - 19:00

Chloe Michelle Howarth: ‘I saw minimal queer representation growing up, so I didn’t realise it was an option’

The author on her new novel being compared to Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, growing up in west Cork, and the enduring influence of The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides had on her

Sat Oct 18 2025 - 04:22

Niamh Connolly signs six-figure deal

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest news

Fri Oct 17 2025 - 12:09

Anna McPartlin: ‘The Kerry Babies case marked the moment Irish women had enough of the patriarchy’

The crimewriter on her latest novel, The Silent Ones; how TV work helps pay the bills; and her love of David Brent

Sat Oct 11 2025 - 05:17

New Louise Kennedy novel out next year