Martin Doyle

Martin Doyle

Books Editor

Martin Doyle is Books Editor of The Irish Times.

€11,000 Moth Poetry Prize 2026 shortlist revealed

Read the shortlisted poems: After Athenry by Ronald Carson; The Fall, 1989 by Elena Croitoru-Reed; Delinquent by Juleus Ghunta; and Shazaya by Adam Oliver

Author Henrietta McKervey: ‘I do like a good murder’

Author’s new novel, The Woman in the Water, is inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca

Gethan Dick wins Kate O’Brien Award

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

Two Irish authors on Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist

Kit de Waal and Wendy Erskine nominated for award worth £30,000

Here’s what you’ll be reading in 2026, according to Irish booksellers

With new titles due from the likes of Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Colm Tóibín and Donal Ryan, booksellers expect 2026 to be a ‘bumper year’

Author Cathy Kelly: ‘I doubt there’s a writer alive who hasn’t used personal battles in their work’

If you’re absolutely full of fear and anxiety, sit down and find a pen/laptop, says seasoned novelist

Big book deals for three Irish writers

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

International Booker Prize 2026: The longlist in full

Longlist features two books first published in their original languages more than 30 years ago

Charleen Hurtubise: ‘People fall into relationship patterns that feel familiar rather than good’

The US-born author on how Ireland has shaped her language around parenthood, the antidote to ‘the cruelty and chaos of Ice’ and her opposition to ‘the obscene accumulation of wealth’

Colm Tóibín and Tana French among big names at International Literature Festival Dublin

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

Sally Rooney and Niamh Ní Mhaoleoin longlisted for Dublin Literary Award

Award-winning writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alan Hollinghurst and Ocean Vuong are also nominated for the award

Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize shortlist revealed

Shortlist ‘highlights the depth of analysis brought to bear on various aspects of recent Irish history’, says Prof Roy Foster

Author Ian McGuire: ‘Historical fiction is able to encourage the longer view’

The historical novelist on his latest book, White River Crossing; his desire to hobble the tech bros; and his Fermanagh grandfather

Close to Home is to be adapted for TV

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

Elly Griffiths: ‘A magic trick is like a crime novel: lots of misdirection before the final reveal’

The author on new book The Killing Time, writing ‘kick-ass older women’, and her fascination with Victorian times

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