The Young Accomplice by Benjamin Wood: the ‘saviour story’ paradigm interrogatedA well-wrought novel whose pleasure is in each careful scene, moment and sentenceSat Jun 25 2022 - 05:57
Nightcrawling review: promise, but no fireworksLeila Mottley’s debut expresses the humanity behind social injustice but as a novel it feels flat and didacticMon May 30 2022 - 19:00
Take My Hand: Tale of race, class and powerDolen Perkins-Valdez uses medical practice and ethics to explore history of black AmericaFri May 27 2022 - 06:00
Edith by Martina Devlin: Somerville and lossOne half of the writing due sets out to adapt the Irish RM stories for stageWed May 11 2022 - 06:00
Companion Piece by Ali Smith: Digging through language to find real lifeBook review: Seasonal Quartet sequel builds on preoccupations of borders and failed leadershipFri Apr 22 2022 - 06:00
Lenny: Nuanced convergence of two tales of innocenceLaura McVeigh shapeshifts between a Louisiana child and a downed war pilotSat Mar 19 2022 - 06:00
Our Wives Under the Sea: Sharp and distinctive debut novelBook review: Julia Armfield has crafted a tale of two female spouses, one of whom has just returned from a deep-sea mission gone wrongSat Mar 12 2022 - 06:00
Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu: The problem with love and malenessNovel centring on men of Nigerian heritage is insightful but has a tendency to overexplainSat Mar 12 2022 - 06:00
Niamh Campbell: ‘I do think life, for everybody, is a private hallucination’Winner of the Rooney Prize and Sunday Times short story award on her new novel, We Were YoungThu Feb 17 2022 - 06:00
12 debut Irish writers to look out for in 2022Introducing new Irish authors Olivia Fitzsimons, Catherine Prasifka, Sheila Armstrong and moreThu Jan 13 2022 - 06:00
Winter Papers 7 review: Anthology of intimate work from ‘scene’ artistsMix of creative contributors lends niche and rarefied book element of immediacyTue Dec 14 2021 - 06:00
Booksellers’ favourite books to give for Christmas 2021Some of Ireland’s independent booksellers recommend their best reads for ChristmasMon Nov 29 2021 - 05:00
Best books for Christmas 2021: Fiction, biography, sport and children’s booksSomething for everyone from sport fans and literary types to politics nerds in this listSat Nov 27 2021 - 06:00
Aisling and the City: Primark meets Prada in the Big AppleBook review: There’s plenty of laughter – and familiarity – in Emer McLysaght’s and Sarah Breen’s latest book in the seriesSat Nov 13 2021 - 06:00
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat by Brian Cox: ticking the boxesActor has less panache as a writer but Succession fever will lure fans to his bookFri Nov 12 2021 - 06:00
The Ghostlights by Gráinne Murphy: A rural Irish family on the edgeThe author’s second novel concerns life, death, religion and control – or the lack of itSat Sept 25 2021 - 06:00
Sarah Gilmartin: ‘There’s a weight of expectation that my book will be well received’The critic-turned-author on her debut novel, coping with rejection and life as a freelancerThu Sept 16 2021 - 06:00
20 gripping books: Fiction and non-fiction to read this summerWe round up the best books so you will not be stuck for a great read as days get longerSat Jun 05 2021 - 06:00
Trouble: Lyricism and cynicism bring a strange sort of wisdomBook review: It is hard not to be impressed by these stories from Philip Ó CeallaighWed Jun 02 2021 - 06:00
Before My Actual Heart Breaks: A promising but flawed Troubles taleThere is much to admire in Tish Delaney’s debut novel but it ultimately fails to convinceSat Feb 27 2021 - 06:00
First of all: Irish writers on their debut novels coming out in 2021From Louise Nealon’s coming-of-age tale to Una Mannion’s American nightmareSat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00
Interior Chinatown: Clever, inventive dissection of traps faced by Asian AmericansBook review: Charles Yu’s novel looks at how the US’s story excludes large swathes of peopleFri Jan 29 2021 - 06:00
Daddy by Emma Cline: Looking at the melancholy of modernityBook review: Short-story collection from writer of deservedly-hyped novel, The GirlsWed Dec 16 2020 - 06:00
Ask the Experts: Christmas books 2020There’s a book here to suit just about everyone on your Christmas listMon Dec 07 2020 - 05:00
Best books for Christmas 2020: Fiction, biography, sport and kids’ booksThere’s something for sport nuts, crime fanatics, literary fans and children in this listSat Nov 28 2020 - 06:00
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Ellen: testing the reviewer’s faithBook review: Coyne does things her own way and doesn’t give a blessed damnMon Nov 09 2020 - 06:00
Inside Story by Martin Amis: An arrogant and long-winded messMartin Amis trips over his own cleverness in irksome and largely autobiographical workWed Oct 28 2020 - 06:00
Lot: Making the city sing with sharp lyricismBook Review: Bryan Washington’s short story collection focuses on the lives of marginalised citizensWed Aug 26 2020 - 06:00
Life, death and the secrets that lie betweenPoet Elaine Feeney had a brush with her own mortality before writing her much-anticipated debut novelSat Aug 15 2020 - 06:00
Memorial Drive – A Daughter’s Memoir: Cleverly crafted, insightful and movingBook review: former US poet laureate Natasha Trethewey comes to terms with the murder of her motherWed Aug 12 2020 - 06:00
Supporting Cast by Kit de Waal: The bit parts have their dayThe novelist fleshes out minor characters from previous works in a collection of storiesMon Aug 03 2020 - 06:00
Unfiltered amusingly delves into Irish influencers and mummy bloggersSophie White’s novel uses light humour and farce to portray the whirl of social mediaTue Jun 16 2020 - 06:00
The King of Warsaw: A cinematic and thoughtful thrillerSzczepan Twardoch’s tale of anti-Semitic violence in prewar Poland is a must-readMon May 25 2020 - 06:00
I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: The long trail of memoryBook review: Esther Safran Foer’s moving memoir explores her family’s tragic historyFri Apr 24 2020 - 06:00
A Sabbatical in Leipzig: Slow, affecting and beautifulBook review: Reading Adrian Duncan’s second book is like moving through a contemporary art exhibitionWed Apr 15 2020 - 06:00
Being a woman in business, I’ve had to ‘pitch to the boys club’Nuw app enbles users to share clothes, offering a sustainable alternative to fast fashionMon Mar 16 2020 - 06:00
Cathy Sweeney: ‘I spent so many years in a desperate struggle to do things right’Teacher-turned-author on her debut short story collection and why she has given up on trying to be ‘normal’Wed Mar 11 2020 - 06:00
Sex and Lies review: testimonies from women in MoroccoLeila Slimani bravely portrays accounts of extra-marital sex punishable by lawSun Feb 23 2020 - 06:00
House of Trelawney: Madcap story of the whims of the wealthyBook review: Hannah Rothschild has created a clever and enjoyable story exploring the links between old and new moneySat Feb 08 2020 - 06:00
Grown Ups: the familiar magic of Marian KeyesBook review: Deep understanding of human frailty infuses smart, effortless readTue Feb 04 2020 - 06:00
Eoin Colfer: ‘Humour defines me ... I’m obsessed with it’The Artemis Fowl creator on the long-awaited film – and the publication of his 43rd bookSat Feb 01 2020 - 06:00
American Dirt: tight plot about Mexican border and migrantsJeanine Cummins’s very important novel places you at the heart of human terrorWed Jan 22 2020 - 06:00
There There: Powerful debut examines life as a Native AmericanBook Review: Tommy Orange uses disparate narratives to counter the stereotypesThu Jan 09 2020 - 06:00
New Irish authors to watch out for in 2020It’s shaping up to be a strong year for new writingThu Jan 09 2020 - 06:00
Books preview 2020: Our vision for the year aheadWhat to look out for in Irish and international fiction, non-fiction and poetrySat Dec 28 2019 - 06:00
Where the Crawdads Sing: a tale whose core is motherhoodDelia Owens’s best-selling novel revolves around love and a murder mysteryTue Dec 17 2019 - 06:00
Blindboy’s new book is a bestseller – but I don’t get itBoulevard Wren and Other Stories: Too often these stories drift and swaySun Nov 24 2019 - 06:00
The book I want for Christmas: Paschal Donohoe, Alison Spittle, Joseph O’Connor and moreSeven well known readers and writers share the books they'll be giving and getting this ChristmasThu Nov 21 2019 - 05:00
Collected Stories by Elizabeth Bowen: Literature to be read again and againBook review: Short stories from yesteryear are cunning and illuminatingTue Nov 19 2019 - 06:00
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas: Heartbreaking and hilariousBook review: Adam Kay is back with more fascinating true stories from hospitalSat Oct 26 2019 - 06:00