‘Deirdre Purcell was as warm and captivating as her books’: Leading figures pay tribute to author and broadcasterAuthor’s many successes included Falling for a Dancer and ghostwriting Gay Byrne’s autobiographyMon Feb 13 2023 - 15:46
‘I admire anyone who keeps going in the face of adversity’Mullingar crime writer has published a dozen novels and sold in excess of two million copiesSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Children’s Books Ireland award shortlists; new Women’s Prize for Non-FictionA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Feb 09 2023 - 12:35
Joseph O’Connor Q&A: Every good writer aims for the ability to make something difficult seem effortlessO’Connor’s latest work, My Father’s House, follows a group of activists who run an escape line in Nazi-occupied RomeSat Feb 04 2023 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Book deal for debut author; Ennis Book Club Festival; Limerick Literary FestivalA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Feb 02 2023 - 09:27
Dublin Literary Award longlist revealed: three Irish authors among 70 up for €100,000 prize84 libraries from 31 countries take part in prize sponsored by Dublin City CouncilMon Jan 30 2023 - 13:44
Meena Kandasamy Q&A: ‘I went to where Sylvia Plath is buried, and sat there hugging her gravestone’The Tamil poet reflects on her new work The Book of Desire and her distinguished careerSat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Listowel honours Stephen Rea; Irish on Dylan Thomas Prize longlistA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jan 26 2023 - 16:29
Adiba Jaigirdar Q&A: ‘I love balancing some of the heavier themes in my work with lighter moments’Writer born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and living in Dublin since age 10 has grown up to have a healthy relationship with both cultures but says it was an arduous process needing much self-reflectionSat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00
Sally Hayden: ‘You have to be careful not to let your empathy or your humour be torn away’Hayden’s new book, My Fourth Time, We Drowned, looks at efforts by the rich world to keep refugees from seeking safetySat Jan 14 2023 - 05:00
Books newsletter: President leads tributes to poet Kevin Higgins; Kate O’Brien Award shortlistA preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Jan 12 2023 - 13:18
From Prince Harry to Naoise Dolan, here are the best books to look forward to in 2023The most exciting Irish and international fiction and nonfiction titles of the year aheadSat Dec 31 2022 - 05:00
Colleen Hoover is 2022′s bestselling author in Ireland with four books in top 10Marian Keyes pips Graham Norton to have year's bestselling Irish titleThu Dec 29 2022 - 13:56
Michelle Gallen and Marian Keyes longlisted for comic novel awardA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Dec 22 2022 - 16:48
Michael Harding: ‘There’s a part of our collective soul embodied and hidden in the Irish language’The writer says everything is a vocation, Mongolia is remarkable and direct provision is wrong.Sat Dec 17 2022 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Irish winner of BBC playwright competition; Paul Muldoon TV documentaryA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Dec 15 2022 - 15:44
Paul Muldoon: ‘Putin’s assault on Ukraine is an assault on us all. This poem is my way of enlisting’Paul Muldoon on being the next Ireland Professor of Poetry, the Troubles and his most treasured possessionSat Dec 10 2022 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Christmas book appeal; Storyshaped podcast; media and conflict symposiumA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Dec 09 2022 - 14:28
Sally Hayden wins An Post Irish Book of the Year award for My Fourth Time, We DrownedJournalist wins third major award for her first book, which highlights how Europe is failing refugeesWed Dec 07 2022 - 23:35
‘I am fascinated by how accepting we are of violence’Q&A with Audrey Magee, award-winning author of The Undertaking and The ColonySat Dec 03 2022 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Nick Laird wins Forward Prize for best poem; Colm Tóibín awarded Bodley MedalA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Dec 01 2022 - 16:51
Mark O’Connell to publish Malcolm Macarthur profile; O’Mahony’s Booksellers celebrates 120 yearsBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday's pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Nov 24 2022 - 16:01
An Post Irish Book Awards 2022: This year’s winners revealedNovel of the year, nonfiction book of the year and 16 other winners have been announced. All now compete for the book of the year awardWed Nov 23 2022 - 22:30
Nom nom nom de plume: authors on their favourite cookbooksNeil Hegarty, Louise Kennedy, Séamas O'Reilly, Rosie Schaap, Kathleen MacMahon, Chiamaka Enyi-Amado, Martina Evans, Helen Cullen and Adrian Duncan dish up their secretsSat Nov 19 2022 - 05:00
Louise Kennedy Q&A: ‘I made a ghost of the Troubles in my head and imagined a life for him’The Trespasses author on Jane Austen, living in Sligo, the Shankill Butchers and the obscenely richSat Nov 19 2022 - 04:31
Paul Muldoon announced as new Ireland Professor of PoetryPoet is looking forward to teaching in Ireland after 35 years lecturing in the USFri Nov 18 2022 - 13:30
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin made Saoi; prizes for Katherine Rundell and Manchán MaganBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsFri Nov 18 2022 - 13:11
Orhan Pamuk Q&A: ‘One fears death threats and hate campaigns, yet one is also afraid of being silent’‘The Nobel and Dublin prizes gave me new readers. My novels are translated into 64 languages’Sat Nov 12 2022 - 05:00
Anne Enright’s lifetime achievement award; Little Island’s Carnegie hat-trick; journalist’s six-figure dealBooks newsletter: A preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest newsThu Nov 10 2022 - 15:35
Dominic Dromgoole Q&A: ‘It is absurd and disproportionate how much great dramatic writing has emerged from Ireland’Director has written a book celebrating notable theatre first nightsSat Nov 05 2022 - 05:00
Oliver Jeffers: ‘It didn’t really occur to English people that Northern Ireland was British’The picture book artist on his latest work, Brexit and living in Belfast versus BrooklynSat Oct 29 2022 - 05:08
Seán Hewitt awarded 2022 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature Writer recognised for poetry collection Tongues of Fire and memoir All Down Darkness WideThu Oct 27 2022 - 18:30
Books newsletter: Kildare author wins £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award; IMRAM highlightsA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Oct 27 2022 - 15:38
Alice Taylor: ‘I don’t miss old Ireland’s deference to authority. That created megalomaniacs’The author on Irish mothers, the best writing advice she ever got, and the books she’s proudest ofSun Oct 23 2022 - 05:00
An Post Irish Book Awards: Bono, Graham Norton and Kellie Harrington shortlistedWinners will be revealed on November 23rd at live, in-person ceremony in Convention CentreThu Oct 20 2022 - 18:45
Books newsletter: Circling the Square; Leaves Festival; Leland Bardwell centenary; TS Eliot shortlistA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu Oct 20 2022 - 16:52
Booker Prize 2022: Shehan Karunatilaka wins with The Seven Moons of Maali AlmeidaComic noir mystery is set amid the murderous mayhem of civil war in author’s native Sri LankaTue Oct 18 2022 - 09:50
Elizabeth Strout: ‘You will continue to get better if you keep writing. That’s what I did’‘The storming of the Capitol affected me a great deal. I saw the deep divide in my country’Sun Oct 16 2022 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Butler Literary Award; ISLA and Red Line Festivals; Sally Hayden shortlistedA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu Oct 13 2022 - 11:57
Celeste Ng Q&A: ‘Even since I finished the book, reality has moved closer to dystopia’‘I began to imagine a world in which the country had already entered a post-democratic state’Sat Oct 08 2022 - 05:00
Adam Kay Q&A: ‘I don’t think either the NHS or the BBC have ever been in more peril’‘I major on the funny, but sneak in the politics,’ says the bestselling author of This is Going to HurtSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Dublin Book Festival; Butler Literary Award; Belfast International Arts Festival A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Sept 30 2022 - 13:38
Books newsletter: Sally Hayden on Baillie Gifford longlist; Granard festival; Murder OneA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Sept 22 2022 - 13:10
Joyce Carol Oates: ‘It is guaranteed that another mass shooting will take place soon’ The author on serial killers, Marilyn Monroe and her new novel, BabysitterSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:00
Sally Hayden wins €10,000 Michel Déon Prize for My Fourth Time, We DrownedAward-winning journalist’s debut on refugee crisis in Mediterranean won Orwell Prize in JulyThu Sept 15 2022 - 19:30
Books newsletter: Irish Book Week launched; Maeve Binchy festival; new library for FinglasA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest newsThu Sept 15 2022 - 13:20
Michael Longley: ‘Brexit is a monumental disaster promoted by bare-faced lies’Poet reflects on his latest collection, The Slain Birds, and his literary lifeMon Sept 12 2022 - 05:00
Eleanor Hooker wins Michael Hartnett Poetry Award; Butler Literary Award shortlist revealedBooks newsletter: A preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of literary newsThu Sept 08 2022 - 18:15
Books newsletter: Proust in Dublin; Culture Night; Catholicism debate; Yeats sculpture unveiledA preview of Saturday's pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Sept 01 2022 - 10:56
Northern sights: A tour of Belfast’s docks, gaol and linen trailMartin Doyle visits Belfast, invites literary types to share their tips and follows the linen trailSun Aug 28 2022 - 05:00
