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Roddy Doyle returns to Barrytown

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Sept 25 2026 - 10:01

Two Irish writers on BBC National Short Story Award shortlist

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of Saturday’s pages

Fri Sept 11 2026 - 07:39

The Fallen by Louise Brangan on $75,000 Cundill History Prize shortlist

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Sept 04 2026 - 11:37

Vicki Notaro on being childfree: ‘It was something that I just couldn’t force myself to want’

The bestselling author joins The Women’s Podcast to discuss her new novel Anywhere But Here

Fri Aug 21 2026 - 11:52

Culture Night Dublin’s literary highlights

Books newsletter: tomorrow’s pages; Slow Horses; Paul Howard live; Jamie O’Connell memoir; Kevin Gildeas Brilliant Bookshop; Samuel Beckett’s Stirrings Still; Bobby Sands play; Elizabeth Wassell Montague; Project Children: The Legacy

Fri Aug 21 2026 - 10:00

Richard Ford headlines Write By The Sea

Books newsletter: tomorrow’s pages; Katriona O’Sullivan book deal; Heaney-Miłosz Residency; Celebrating Are You Somebody?; Look North campaign; Grace Wells poetry award

Fri Aug 14 2026 - 10:38

Dara McAnulty on Wainwright Prize shortlist

Books newsletter: the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Aug 07 2026 - 13:16

Nero New Writers Prize launched

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s books pages, including details of Irish Book Week and Kilkenny Arts Festival

Fri Jul 31 2026 - 10:07

Michel Déon Prize shortlist revealed

Books newsletter: Irish Times books coverage preview; Gerard Manley Hopkins festival; Clifden Arts Festival; The EU in 12 Objects; Jacqueline Rose awarded PEN Pinter Prize

Fri Jul 10 2026 - 11:54

International Booker Prize fund doubles

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Jul 03 2026 - 12:45

Claire Connolly wins Robert Rhodes Prize

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Jun 26 2026 - 11:09

Aoife K Walsh is new head of MoLI

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Jun 19 2026 - 14:31

Trinity graduate wins Women’s Prize for Fiction

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Jun 12 2026 - 08:54

Children’s Books Ireland Award winners revealed

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest news

Fri May 22 2026 - 10:47

Liadan Ní Chuinn on Orwell shortlist

Books newsletter: new Laureate na nÓg; a preview of tomorrow’s pages; Hinterland Festival highlights; Libraro Prize; limericks prize

Fri May 15 2026 - 09:00

President opens Ireland’s Home for Poetry and Heritage

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri May 08 2026 - 12:24

International Literature Festival Dublin highlights

Books newsletter: TCD student from Gaza wins major essay prize; Pollard Poetry Prize winner; West Cork History Festival; tomorrow’s pages

Fri May 01 2026 - 15:52

Jaipur Literature Festival visits Ireland

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Apr 24 2026 - 15:55

Irish Novel of the Year shortlist revealed

Plus: previews of Ballyscullion Park Book Festival and Cork International Poetry Festival; the latest book deals; shortlists for the Encore Award and Walter Scott Prize shortlists; and a new Waterstones in Dublin

Fri Apr 17 2026 - 10:13