Abbey Theatre urged to play role in seeking equality in artsWaking the Feminists meeting hears call for equal advancement of women artistsThu Nov 12 2015 - 17:41
Beyond the Abbey: the trouble for women in theatreThe National Theatre’s maddeningly male 1916 centenary season highlights the difficulties that face women who work in Irish theatreSat Nov 07 2015 - 05:00
Ebooks: The self-publishing route to a more traditional relationshipNew titles from Rachel Abbott, Angela Currie, Fat Roland and Thijs de Boer reviewedSat Nov 07 2015 - 01:00
Abbey director ‘regrets exclusions’ in programmeFiach Mac Conghail says reaction sparked ‘a professional and personal crisis’Fri Nov 06 2015 - 13:47
Bringing real world issues to young adult novelsPatrick Ness fell into writing young adult fiction by accident, but he’s had huge success in a genre that’s barely a decade oldThu Nov 05 2015 - 01:00
Drama in the classroom is a primary concernDrama in education aims to give students the tools to express themselves and imagine alternative worlds, but formal exposure to it stops after primary levelMon Nov 02 2015 - 11:00
PJ Lynch and the man who fell to waterIllustrator PJ Lynch was never interested in writing – until he stumbled across the story of a servant who fell from the Mayflower and survivedMon Nov 02 2015 - 06:00
Reading to babies: a beginner’s guideSara Keating runs the baby Book Club in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown libraries. Here she offers advice on how to pass on to children a love of readingTue Oct 27 2015 - 15:39
From page to stage: a picture-book introduction to live theatreSeveral theatrical adaptations of children’s classic books are touring the country, reports Sara KeatingMon Oct 26 2015 - 15:27
Review | The Wolf and Peter: A super cool wolf lends some edge to the magicCoiscéim’s new dance show takes Prokofiev’s classic into more modern territory with thrilling resultsWed Oct 21 2015 - 14:02
Read it and weep: how teenagers relate to the books written for themYoung adult fiction is the largest growing genre in contemporary fictionTue Oct 20 2015 - 11:00
Culture Shock: Children’s theatre is far from child’s play – so why overlook it?‘Bees!’ and the rest of the Ark’s family season matched the quality of anything else at Dublin Theatre Festival this year, yet the media largely ignored themFri Oct 16 2015 - 16:00
DTF review | The buzz of ‘Bees!’ doesn’t obstruct its messageThe music might be a bit too hip for the hive of children, but their parents might appreciate itWed Sept 30 2015 - 13:36
DTF review | Bailed Out! is less a piece of theatre than an act of civic dutyColin Murphy does a terrific job in using documentary material to maximum dramatic effectMon Sept 28 2015 - 14:15
Conor McPherson: ‘Plays are stupid. You are supposed to feel them in your bones’Conor McPherson’s talent as a playwright was precocious, but writing for a living was never part of the master planTue Sept 22 2015 - 06:00
Reviews: Arcadia by Iain Pears and Caroline Smaile’s 99 Reasons WhyMultiple choice reading for the digital generation: ebooks that facilitate structural experimentationSat Sept 12 2015 - 01:00
Happy Days on bleak sets and Beckett gets schooledEnniskillen – home of the Beckett festival – offers settings that match the desolate emotional atmosphere of his workThu Jul 30 2015 - 06:30
Ebooks: Short fiction treats that are perfect for travellingRound-up: Digital publishers have been quick to spot the potential in brief reads that help shorten journeysSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:00
Amy Conroy: ‘I didn’t know how to be the girl I was supposed to be’Conroy’s new play is about the journey made by transgender people, but more than anything, says the writer, it’s about familiesMon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
Eight exciting cultural outings for childrenFew children love trudging around art galleries or museums but there are ways to turn culture into an adventure. Here are some tips about what makes a family-friendly trip, plus eight great places to visitMon Jul 06 2015 - 03:00
Ebooks: Joyce and ‘Ulysses’ as you’ve never experienced them beforeThe digital world dovetails well with James Joyce’s imagination in some inventive appsSat Jun 20 2015 - 01:08
WB Yeats and ‘The Irish Times’The poet had a close relationship with this publication throughout his careerWed Jun 10 2015 - 01:00
Ebooks: Alice in Wonderland gets mixed digital treatmentRevisions of Lewis Carroll’s novel offer visual enhancements and a Manhattan settingSat May 23 2015 - 01:24
Little Coalition support for vote on presidencyAt least 11 Fine Gael and Labour TDs say they are voting No; others unsureFri May 22 2015 - 01:00
How to hook students with digital baitA digital literacy ‘short course’, one of a range being developed for junior cycle, excites the students and links with their other subjectsWed May 20 2015 - 06:00
The unputdownable spirit of the local bookshopIndependent sellers such as Books Upstairs, Raven Books and Kenny’s have proved to be remarkably resilient in hard times, kept afloat by flexibility and the personal touchTue Apr 28 2015 - 01:00
Newsletters: the best cure for the dreaded reader’s blockDon’t know what to read next? Never fear, help is at handSat Apr 25 2015 - 01:42
An app that bans the dirty wordsClean Reader’s blue dots do the censor’s job on sundry saucy classicsSun Mar 29 2015 - 13:05
The Abbey’s school project: ‘Only one of these students had even been to the theatre’The Abbey’s Theatre-Making and Citizenship course has been piloted in an inner-city Dublin school, and the positive effects on students have been manifoldTue Mar 10 2015 - 00:00
Online reading is opening up a whole new world of connectionsFar from destroying reading, the internet is making it a more interactive experienceSun Mar 01 2015 - 11:45
Review: Bake!Paul Curley tuns a birthday party into something more chaotic with more than a hint of moral absurdityThu Feb 26 2015 - 13:31
Children’s show review: Far Away From MeThis show for ages six and up broaches some important issues around identity and inclusion, but dramatically it feels embryonicTue Feb 17 2015 - 12:37
Children's show review: Monday’s ChildA party where children can ponder life’s big questionsMon Feb 09 2015 - 14:46
Ebooks: e-reading keeps you awakeDisruptively dozy digital reading can be hazardous to your healthSun Feb 01 2015 - 11:22
Early education: You’re never too young to get a start in the artsBefore children become literate, music, painting, crafts and drama can give them powerful tools for communication and developmentTue Jan 27 2015 - 00:00
A tough brief: selecting the first Laureate for Irish FictionPassionate, relentlessly energetic and possessing a collegial focus: ahead of the announcement of the inaugural laureate in The Irish Times, the selection panel discuss what they are looking forMon Jan 26 2015 - 06:40
Ebooks column: Digital readers have added new dimension to world of fictionStephen King was the first writer to embrace the mediumSun Jan 04 2015 - 12:15
The big draw: an A to Z of great children’s illustratorsIllustrations are a touchstone of children’s literature. Here is a potted guide to the artists behind some of the best-loved storiesMon Dec 29 2014 - 00:00
Children's Christmas show review: Elf FactoryThree- and four-year-olds give Santa a dig-out in this charming showWed Dec 17 2014 - 18:00
Children’s Christmas show review: Peter PanThe baddies are the swashbuckling heroes in this terrific, lavish productionFri Dec 12 2014 - 15:27
Children’s Christmas show review: A Most Peculiar Wintry ThingSniffs and snuffles are welcome at this lively classical concert for kidsTue Dec 09 2014 - 17:23
Children’s Christmas show review: Sleeping Beauty by Lambert Puppet TheatreA commercial-free experience makes for a lovely, old-fashioned day outTue Dec 09 2014 - 17:20
Pantomime review: Cinderella at The HelixConsumpta and Concepta Carcrashian steal the show in this Theatreworx remixTue Dec 09 2014 - 11:45
From laureate to delivery, electronic comic books are exploding beyond speech bubblesMotion comics combine animated panels with sound and videoSat Nov 29 2014 - 17:00
Letting Queenie Hennessy tell it from her own perspectiveA pilgrimage to a hospice was the unusual theme of Rachel Joyce’s Booker-longlisted debut novel – but readers wouldn’t let her leave the story thereWed Nov 19 2014 - 06:00
‘On the Wire’: Learning to soldier on in a new IrelandPlay dramatises the untold stories of Irish soldiers coming home from the first World WarSat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00
Digital can distract both writer and readerAuthors David Nicholls and Zadie Smith have both had to fight temptations of internetSat Nov 01 2014 - 00:26
David Mitchell: ‘Who cares if a book is highbrow or lowbrow. Is it any good or not?’The writer’s labyrinthine novels marry experimental narrative techniques with plot twists drawn from sci-fi and fantasy. In person, the writer is as restless as his literary styleMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:00
The Julia Donaldson roadshow: grit, a guitar and a GruffaloLive performance is an integral part of the work of the former children’s laureate, who tours with her stories and songs as part of an almost evangelical drive to spread a love of reading among childrenThu Oct 23 2014 - 01:00
