There is an uncanny timeliness in the appearance of this title, as the failings of American governance that Baldwin so clinically described once more cast a dangerous shadow

A reissue of a trilogy of books by Derry-born Joyce Cary, who is part of that tradition of Irish writers - Wilde, Shaw, Bowen - who set about explaining the English to the English

Doyle is one of the most enduringly distinctive voices in contemporary Irish fiction

Conocimiento: Writing Irish Borderlands by Eamonn Wall engagingly explores the consequences for writers of mobility, displacement and migration

Substantive collection of essays covers a range of topics including Alice Munro, mother and baby homes, and the troubling intersection between life and art

Author of Checkout 19 and Pond returns with an exploration of love and loss

Hungarian author, a critic of communism and Viktor Orbán alike, is devoted to art of writing

Book review: From the Polish winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, newly translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Keen readers of Tóibín’s fiction will find interesting insights into the genesis of many of his most important works

This novel about a shrimp farmer can only add to Wood’s reputation as one of Britain’s most engaging contemporary novelists

Part of the attraction of this beguiling tale is the author’s curiosity about different ways of knowing

Ghost Wedding by David Park combines exceptional dialogue and deft prose in story of two couples a century apart

McBride’s style is distinctive, a wholly original exploration of what is possible with language and fiction

The Nobel Prize winning author is vigilant against the dangers of forgetting in a memorable, probing and exquisitely detailed novel

Duncan’s is an utterly distinctive voice in contemporary Irish literature