Dublin Book Festival line-up; Wicklow Women; Polari winners; Buy the BookA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Nov 04 2021 - 12:43
Booker Prize 2021: Damon Galgut wins with The PromiseSouth African wins after third shortlisting with novel about betrayal in his homelandWed Nov 03 2021 - 20:12
The Books Quiz: Poet Brendan Kennelly hailed from which Kerry town?Plus: Which Nuala O’Connor novel will be 2022’s Dublin’s One City One Book?Sun Oct 24 2021 - 06:00
Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie: a thrilling readPrimal Scream frontman’s riveting account of how a Glasgow boy created a soundtrack of a generationSat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00
Nora by Nuala O’Connor chosen for One Dublin One Book 2022A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Oct 21 2021 - 18:23
Alice Ryan, daughter of Caroline Walsh, to publish debut novelThere’s Been a Little Incident is poignant examination of griefThu Oct 21 2021 - 00:01
‘I think of you, Brendan, in hushed Dublin streets.’ A poem for Brendan Kennelly by Joseph O’ConnorPoets, professors and publishers pay tribute to Brendan Kennelly, beloved writer and friendMon Oct 18 2021 - 13:50
The Books Quiz: Whose writings inspired The Wind That Shakes the Barley?Plus: Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea is a postcolonial/feminist prequel to...?Sun Oct 17 2021 - 06:00
Caroline O’Donoghue celebrates a new six-figure deal; World Book Day as GaeilgeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsWed Oct 13 2021 - 13:03
Sally Rooney blocks Israeli edition of her new novel in support of Palestinian-led boycottAuthor accuses Israel of apartheid policy but says she hopes to see a Hebrew translationTue Oct 12 2021 - 12:59
The Books Quiz: What was the stage version of The Dalkey Archive called?Plus: What Irish town is John Healy’s No One Shouted Stop about?Sun Oct 10 2021 - 06:00
David Butler wins Kiely story prize; Emilie Pine and Audrey Magee novels in 2022A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Oct 08 2021 - 13:19
Keith Ridgway and Claire-Louise Bennett on Goldsmiths Prize 2021 shortlistTwo debuts and a second shortlisting in three years in running for £10,000 prizeWed Oct 06 2021 - 20:30
The Books Quiz: ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past’: which Faulkner novel?Also: Spot the literary fiction prize that Sally Rooney has not yet wonSun Oct 03 2021 - 06:00
Faber to publish Ronan McGreevy book on assassination of Sir Henry WilsonA round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s book pagesThu Sept 30 2021 - 11:36
The Books Quiz: The Commitments was published by which imprint?Plus: Playwright Billy Roche’s The Roach Band had a No 1 hit in ’78 with...?Sun Sept 26 2021 - 06:00
Books in brief: From female trauma to the beauty of birdsongPlus: Myles Dungan on four killings involving ancestors of his extended familySat Sept 25 2021 - 00:00
Dromineer Literary Festival; UL poet in residence; Waterford Writers WeekendA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest book newsThu Sept 23 2021 - 14:58
The Books Quiz: Who wrote the essays that became Sex and the City?Plus: When was Confessions of an English Opium-Eater first published?Sun Sept 19 2021 - 06:00
Border Literatures; Red Line Book Festival; Novel Fair 2022; Eigse Michael HartnettA preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Sept 16 2021 - 11:15
Love Sally Rooney? Then we think you’ll also love these 12 other Irish writersIrish Times critics on Nicole Flattery, Anne Enright, Claire Kilroy, Marian Keyes and moreThu Sept 16 2021 - 06:00
Booker Prize 2021 shortlist announcedRichard Powers and Damon Galgut shortlisted again with debutant Patricia LockwoodTue Sept 14 2021 - 16:10
Books Quiz: Where does the title of Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You come from?Plus: Which Irish writer does not have a statue located in St Stephen’s Green?Sun Sept 12 2021 - 06:00
A chance to see Dublin through each other’s eyes againThey say you can’t go out without spending but Dublin is rich in national treasuresSat Sept 11 2021 - 00:00
Maeve Binchy and Imagine Arts festivals; Vive Jan Carson!; Backlisted in GalwayA round-up of the latest literary news and preview of Saturday's books pagesThu Sept 09 2021 - 09:50
Susanna Clarke wins Women’s Prize for Fiction with PiranesiBritish author wins £30,000 prize with second novel 16 years after her bestselling debutWed Sept 08 2021 - 19:30
Sally Rooney: A profile of the author in 28 articles from the Irish Times archiveThe author’s own words on writing, Jane Austen and Trump, plus interviews and reviewsMon Sept 06 2021 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: Who is the notorious bully in Tom Brown’s School Days?10 questions to test your knowledge of schools and students in literatureSun Sept 05 2021 - 06:00
Looking for a great read? Here are 10 new books we loved in AugustMust-reads from Diarmaid Ferriter, Bernard MacLaverty, Claire-Louise Bennett and moreTue Aug 31 2021 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: Black Beauty was translated from which language?Plus: Which country has produced the most Nobel laureates in literature?Sun Aug 29 2021 - 06:00
Doireann Ní Ghríofa wins James Tait Black Prize; Sinéad Gleeson anthology on musicEdith Eger book offer; Saturday’s pages previewed – an exclusive Sally Rooney extractThu Aug 26 2021 - 10:00
The Books Quiz: Sally Rooney is from which town in Mayo?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Aug 22 2021 - 06:00
Kevin Barry book offer; Poetry Town laureates; Bookshop of the Year; IWC turns 30A preview of Saturday’s pages and Irish-Language Book of the Year AwardsThu Aug 19 2021 - 16:12
A feast of books on their way before the year's endFrom history and personal memoirs to engaging fiction by Sally Rooney and Colm TóibínSat Aug 07 2021 - 06:00
Bernard MacLaverty: ‘You must want to write but anger spurs you on’The awardwinning author of Midwinter Break on his first story collection in 15 yearsSat Jul 31 2021 - 06:00
Looking for a great read? Here are 10 new books we loved in JulyFacebook’s ugly truth; Séamas O’Reilly’s memoir; a working-class anthology and moreFri Jul 30 2021 - 06:00
Poetry Town initiative launched; Irish sports writers shortlistedSaturday’s pages previewed; Polari, Caine and crime prizes; Aisling in NYC; IWC schemeThu Jul 29 2021 - 11:46
Booker Prize 2021 longlist: two debutants and former winner Ishiguro but no IrishPreviously shortlisted Damon Galgut, Richard Powers and Sunjeev Sahota recognisedTue Jul 27 2021 - 00:01
The Books Quiz: What was Dr Seuss’s very first book for children?Plus: Which Irish city is the setting for Ken Bruen’s ferocious Jack Taylor crime novels?Sun Jul 25 2021 - 06:00
Irish Times summer fiction; Irish authors on comedy prize longlist; John Hewitt festivalLuke O’Neill to judge science prize; a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Jul 22 2021 - 11:00
The Books Quiz: Normal People by Sally Rooney started life as a short story called...?Here are 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jul 11 2021 - 06:00
Sally Rooney’s new novel: fans treated to a tantalising tasterIn crisp, cool prose, the extract introduces Eileen, 29, and her childhood friend SimonTue Jul 06 2021 - 09:52
The Books Quiz: What is the surname of the children in The Chronicles of Narnia?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jul 04 2021 - 06:00
AK Blakemore wins Desmond Elliott Prize; and a round-up of this week’s book newsA preview of Saturday’s pages; RB Kelly shortlisted; Ingrid Persaud wins againFri Jul 02 2021 - 10:47
Hilary Fannin wins John McGahern Book Prize for debut Irish fictionThe Weight of Love by Irish Times columnist follows memoir Hopscotch and several playsTue Jun 29 2021 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: Elif Shafak allegedly ‘insulted Turkishness’ in which novel?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 27 2021 - 06:05
The best books of 2021 so far: Novels, memoirs, short stories and moreAuthors and critics choose the books that have moved and impressed them this yearSat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00
Jim McElroy and Dean Browne win poetry awardsA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 24 2021 - 13:53
The books quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeKate Bush’s Brontë inspiration and Catherine Ryan Howard’s rollercoaster yearSun Jun 20 2021 - 06:00
Irish writers in running for big prizes and Yan Ge signs two-book deal with FaberThis week’s literary news and tomorrow’s books pagesFri Jun 18 2021 - 10:04
