Jeanette Winterson: ‘I am not afraid of technology. I am afraid of humans’
The writer, who is giving this year’s TS Eliot lecture at the Abbey Theatre, on scientific advances’ ramifications for art, literature and the human race
Jeanette Winterson
The Love Makers by Aifric Campbell: Ethical quandaries of a sex robot
Unique novel of big ideas considers advances in technology and where they might take us
The Child: A great book inspired by the pram in the hall
Kjersti A Skomsvold’s compelling account of an artist’s journey to motherhood
Rainbow Milk: Bracing debut on racism, rent boys and religion
Book review: Paul Mendez’s semi-autobiographical novel is vibrant and original but sometimes a little uneven in its telling
English paper poses challenges for pupils with ‘limited attention spans’
Leaving Cert English paper one and home economics
2019 cultural highlights: You’ll laugh, you’ll picnic, you’ll plough
The best music, theatre, comedy, film and spoken word in the coming year
‘How many tattoos do I have? Ballpark? Maybe 100’
In conversation: Julie Chance and Jane Arnison from the band Evvol
100 books by women you have to read
Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list
10 of the best TV shows to watch this week
Chris O’Dowd stars in ‘Get Shorty’, Dara O Briain returns in ‘Mock the Week’
I found my voice through other women’s voices
The power of books written by women about women can never be underestimated
How to Be Human review: An unusual date for another mad Mary
Paula Cocozza’s beguiling first novel charts the love affair between a lonely woman and a flirtatiously fantastic fox
The Eurydice Project review: ancient Greek feminists versus the police state
The women of Greek myth are rescued from passivity and victimhood in Joanna Crawley’s contemporary piece of dance-theatre
British crime writer Ruth Rendell dies aged 85
Author wrote more than 60 best-selling novels including the Inspector Wexford series
Paula Meehan: the poet at 60
The Hennessy Hall of Fame poet looks back on her childhood and the path that led her to ‘stand up for the word’
Ebooks column: Digital readers have added new dimension to world of fiction
Stephen King was the first writer to embrace the medium
We have lift-off: Irish cultural calendar 2015
A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told
Dawn O’Porter: ‘I feel like I threw away a couple of years’
O’Porter talks about her confidence crisis, her writing career, and her marriage to ‘big hairy Celt in a lumberjack shirt’ Chris O’Dowd
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