Laura Lippman has been writing brilliant thrillers for 20 years. This is among her best

What to check out at the book festival this weekend in Dún Laoghaire

Former reporter says novelists make a fetish of research – ‘it’s not that hard’

Charlie Parker series shows no sign of flagging

Ann Lovett case another source for Nicola White’s ‘In The Rosary Garden’

Tomorrow, this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards will be presented. The nominees for best actor and best actress talk about the roles they play

Literary events can be a bit thin on the ground around Christmas. So here’s where to look

Irish crime writing is booming. Ahead of a weekend festival, some of the writers who have their fingerprints all over this crime wave discuss the reasons behind it

Find your own voice, write from the heart, and know when to cut your losses. Writers and industry figures give their advice

Priest recalls an ‘extraordinary’ person

‘Ulysses’ will for the first time be read around the world this Sunday

Fiftysomething

‘How cheap the wine is makes a positive difference to the taste’

Rough Magic unearths a state-of-the-nation drama by Declan Hughes that could still dig deeper

Declan Hughes’s ‘Digging for Fire’ is more than 20 years old, but its current revival shows it was – and remains – ahead of its time for Irish drama