Author Mary Costello: ‘I want my characters to be rattled by something’ Irish author on her new book, a collection of stories and the fruit of 10 years’ workSun Mar 03 2024 - 05:00
Why is the announcement of a new novel by Sally Rooney being greeted with such a fanfare?When the author’s previous novel was released in 2021 it sold 40,000 copies in just five daysSat Mar 02 2024 - 06:00
Lesley Pearse: ‘It isn’t easy to write about the hurtful or shameful parts of your life’The author talks about her reunion with her Irish relatives, her 31 novels and her first nonfiction titleSat Mar 02 2024 - 00:01
Aoife Fitzpatrick wins Kate O’Brien AwardBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesFri Mar 01 2024 - 11:56
Sally Rooney announces new novel Intermezzo The bestselling Irish author’s fourth novel will be published by Faber on September 24thThu Feb 29 2024 - 14:00
Publisher bequeaths collection to Oxfam BooksO’Brien Press founder Michael O’Brien’s family donate 2,500 books to charityWed Feb 28 2024 - 12:40
Clara Dillon: ‘It’s human nature to want to belong. In a herd we’re less likely to be picked off’Author on her debut novel The Playdate, growing up in London and Dublin, and school gate politicsSun Feb 25 2024 - 05:00
Scott McKendry on being a Northern poet: ‘It’s good training to grow up in Belfast or Bellaghy’Shankill poet Scott McKendry on working-class identity, his mentor Ciaran Carson and his nerdish love of languageSat Feb 24 2024 - 05:15
Walter Scott Prize longlist revealed Books newsletter: all the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Feb 22 2024 - 09:33
Chris Agee: ‘I never considered my writing after my daughter’s death as therapeutic. Nor did I find it difficult’The poet and editor on keeping a loved one’s memory alive, his literary journal Irish Pages and his regard for Seamus Heaney’s workMon Feb 19 2024 - 05:00
Franco-Irish translation prize shortlistBooks newsletter: A round-up of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Feb 16 2024 - 11:46
North stars: ‘The vitality of Northern Irish writing has always coincided with political upheaval’Belfast has a healthy literary scene, closely connected with Queen’s University, whose creative writing tutors include poets Gail McConnell and Stephen SextonSat Feb 10 2024 - 05:00
Rebecca Makkai: ‘I don’t feel like a mystery novel is necessarily that different from any other novel’The Chicago-based writer on her new novel about a horrible crime on a boarding school campus, a world she knows intimatelySat Feb 10 2024 - 03:45
Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlistBooks newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest newsFri Feb 09 2024 - 14:49
Rachael English: ‘I saw the figures for the amount of airtime Irish female musicians get, and I’m stumped as to why it’s still so low’The RTÉ journalist on her latest novel, about a female rock group in the 1980s; her Dennis Lehane pilgrimage; and love of The Poor MouthSun Feb 04 2024 - 05:00
Michael Magee, Derry Girls and Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland in for Ewart-Biggs Literary PrizeBooks newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest newsFri Feb 02 2024 - 10:41
Paul Murray and Michael Magee win inaugural Nero book awardsMurray's Booker-shortlisted The Bee Sting wins fiction prize; Magee's Close to Home wins debut fiction prizeTue Jan 30 2024 - 00:01
Cathy Sweeney: ‘I am naturally curious so I dwell on everything’Sweeney’s debut novel Breakdown is about a woman who gets up one morning and, on impulse, instead of going to work, drives south on a motorwaySat Jan 27 2024 - 05:00
Magee and Morris on Dylan Thomas Prize longlist; Nolan and Carroll on Gordon Burn Prize shortlist; Bernie McGill wins Edge Hill story prizeBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and round-up of the latest newsThu Jan 25 2024 - 12:00
Glorious Exploits author Ferdia Lennon: ‘Best writing advice? You can’t improve what you haven’t written’The author of one of the best Irish debut novels in years on twisting the classics, literary pilgrimages and his cultural recommendationsTue Jan 23 2024 - 00:00
Sally Rooney wins awards for clocking up millions of salesNormal People has sold more than one million copies in UK. Conversations with Friends and Beautiful World, Where Are You have each sold 500,000Mon Jan 22 2024 - 21:30
Ronan Bennett: ‘I’m not the only Irish person to criticise an Irish man in the White House for a lack of solidarity’The novelist’s new book, based on his Netflix hit Top Boy, draws on his experience of being Irish in London – and of being wrongly convicted of murder. But his status as a former convict cuts little ice in his home citySat Jan 20 2024 - 05:30
President honours Swiss Joycean and Brazilian scholar; Jason Allen-Paisant wins TS Eliot PrizeBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and round-up of the latest literary newsFri Jan 19 2024 - 13:06
Dublin Literary Award longlist: four Irish in running but Demon Copperhead leads fieldSebastian Barry, Joseph O’Connor, Claire Kilroy and Emma Donoghue up for €100,000 prizeTue Jan 16 2024 - 13:02
Sam Blake: ‘Some men don’t buy crime novels written by women’The crime novelist also known as Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin on her love of research, her favourite fictional character and the Paris sewersTue Jan 16 2024 - 05:20
Anne Enright, Paul Murray and Mark O’Connell on The Writers’ Prize shortlistBooks newsletter: the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Jan 11 2024 - 17:33
Kelly McCaughrain on her new book Little Bang and the catalyst that formed it ‘I felt compelled to write this book because I was so angry that it didn’t exist for me or my friends when we were teens’Sat Jan 06 2024 - 05:00
More money spent on books in 2023 than ever beforeBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Jan 05 2024 - 19:30
Paul Lynch’s Booker Prize winner is Ireland’s bestselling book of 2023Prophet Song pips Liz Nugent’s Strange Sally Diamond and Paul Murray’s The Bee StingWed Jan 03 2024 - 12:00
Nonfiction books to look out for in 2024Overcoming adversity and unimaginable trauma and uncovering hidden truths are common threads in some of 2024′s most promising non-fiction titles.Sun Dec 31 2023 - 10:39
Fiction to look out for in 2024: Returning favourites, a fearsome degenerate, and Ireland’s trailblazing all-woman rock band New novels by Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín and Marian Keyes are among the works in the pipeline, along with eagerly anticipated debuts by Ferdia Lennon and Scott McKendrySat Dec 30 2023 - 06:03
Sebastian Barry: ‘I have the sort of odd brain that is always creeping up on a new book’Irish author on prizes, translations and being the second Laureate of Irish FictionSun Dec 24 2023 - 05:00
Aidan Mathews: ‘Read classics and trash in equal ratio. Copycat your mentors until they become tormentors’Q&A: The author of Pure Filth on being a ‘roaming Catholic’, the problem with inviting Turgenev to dinner and the state of poetrySat Dec 16 2023 - 00:00
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: The literary world is more inclusive – but it’s also much more competitiveNí Dhuibhne talks about her newly published collection Selected Stories, the Irish literary scene and moreSat Dec 09 2023 - 00:00
Paul Murray to be Trinity Long Room Hub 2024 Rooney Writer FellowBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and events and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Dec 08 2023 - 19:30
Alaskan author Libby B Bushell wins The Moth Nature Writing PrizeRead the second and third-prize winning entries by US poet Molly Lanzarotta and Cavan-born writer and artist Mark LawlorThu Dec 07 2023 - 05:00
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray is An Post Irish Book of the Year 2023Tragicomic family saga secures top prize on top of Novel of the Year awardWed Dec 06 2023 - 23:35
The best books of 2023: Writers and critics chooseMore than 20 authors and reviewers select their favourite fiction and nonfiction titles of the yearSat Dec 02 2023 - 04:45
Theo Dorgan: I had not thought to last this long. I propose to continue for as long as I can get away with itDorgan talks about his new collection, Once Was a Boy, turning 70 and the arts scene in IrelandSat Dec 02 2023 - 00:00
Michael Magee wins Waterstones Irish Book of the Year; Sebastian Barry wins Prix du Meilleur Livre EtrangerBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Dec 01 2023 - 17:38
Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song set for increase in global book sales amid ‘Booker bounce’Before being shortlisted for the prize, Lynch’s book sold 2,643 copies. Last weekend that figure rose to 8,095Thu Nov 30 2023 - 16:09
Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize for Prophet SongIrish author’s fifth novel, set in an Ireland descending into chaos, is awarded £50,000 prizeSun Nov 26 2023 - 21:58
PJ Gallagher: Mental illness is the most articulate liar you will ever live with in your life‘Two years ago, I cancelled the project altogether because I got sick. So seeing any kind of reaction at all to an actual book is making me feel pretty good’Sun Nov 26 2023 - 05:00
Irish Writers for Palestine event switches to Vicar St; An Post Irish Book of the Year 2023 shortlistBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Nov 24 2023 - 11:29
Friends pay tribute on death of poet Eddie Linden at 88Poet overcame difficult childhood to found Aquarius magazine and co-found homeless charityTue Nov 21 2023 - 16:40
Irish authors dominate Nero adult fiction awardsPaul Murray, Megan Nolan, Michael Magee and Chloe Michelle Howarth on shortlistsTue Nov 21 2023 - 05:30
Roy Foster: Irish reunification ‘is nearer than I would have thought it a couple of decades ago’The historian discusses an array of subjects, including the damage wrought by Brexit, comparing WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney, and why ‘the whole revisionism thing is over’Sat Nov 18 2023 - 05:00
Ruth McKee: ‘We have something special in Ireland when it comes to writing and publishing’Author and editor on putting together the first edition of the Irish Writers HandbookSat Nov 18 2023 - 05:00
Lifetime Achievement Award for Roy Foster; Louise Nealon’s Snowflake to be Dublin’s One Book Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Nov 17 2023 - 12:30
Matt Cooper: I ask questions but I’m also a little sceptical about what I’m toldI’m laughing at the idea that I have solutions, because I’m a journalist and broadcaster who asks questions rather than providing answersSat Nov 11 2023 - 05:00
