Martin Doyle

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Martin Doyle is Books Editor of The Irish Times.

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German author researching climate change wins Moth Nature Writing Prize 2025

Guardian country diarist Mark Cocker judges novel excerpt winner of prize worth €1,000 and a week at Moth’s Irish writing retreat

Fri Dec 12 2025 - 10:00

Joseph O’Connor wins Irish Book of the Year 2025 with The Ghosts of Rome

Sequel to My Father's House is the second in the Escape Line trilogy, inspired by the true story of Fr Hugh O’Flaherty

Thu Dec 11 2025 - 23:15

Mary Beard to chair Booker Prize jury

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

Thu Dec 11 2025 - 16:36

Gráinne O’Brien: ‘I was anxious about things most authors wouldn’t even dream could happen’

Debut author and bookseller on her award-winning novel, Solo, which is written in verse

Sat Dec 06 2025 - 04:21

Irish Writers Centre novel winners revealed

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

Fri Dec 05 2025 - 15:52

Tom Paulin wins PEN Heaney Prize for Namanlagh

Poet honoured for his 10th collection, his firs tin more than 10 years

Wed Dec 03 2025 - 09:54

Caroline Grace-Cassidy on fate: ‘Let’s all believe that our World Cup place is meant to be’

The author on her new Christmas novel; her hopes of it becoming a Hallmark movie; and her belief in fate

Sat Nov 29 2025 - 04:39

Books of the year 2025: Authors and critics pick their favourites

Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story and Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Every One Still Here are among the year’s top choices

Sat Nov 29 2025 - 04:04

Kate O’Brien Award now worth £5,000

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

Fri Nov 28 2025 - 16:14

Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners

Jacqueline Connolly, Andrew Porter, Cecelia Ahern, Andrea Mara, Elaine Feeney, Joseph O’Connor and Michael D Higgins also honoured

Thu Nov 27 2025 - 22:50

Annemarie Ní Churreáin: ‘There’s a deep respect embedded in Gaeltacht culture for troublemakers’

Poet reflects on how here upbringing has shaped her works, including her latest collection Hymn to All the Restless Girls

Sat Nov 22 2025 - 04:47

Claire Power is new Poetry Ireland head

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

Thu Nov 20 2025 - 18:21

Hugo Hamilton: ‘I love speaking Irish. It places me in a less aggressive country full of musical links to an ancient past’

The author on his new novel, Conversation with the Sea; his German heritage; and how Germany is in denial about Gaza

Sat Nov 15 2025 - 04:14

Christine Falls by John Banville is One Dublin One Book choice for 2026

Initiative aims to encourage everyone in Dublin to read a designated book connected with the capital city during the month of April

Fri Nov 14 2025 - 10:58

The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year