Judy Blume

Tiger Stripes review: Female puberty horror is a world away from Pixar’s Turning Red

Amanda Nell Eu’s debut marries unwanted menstruation and cryptozoological mythology to spooky effect

Fri May 17 2024 - 05:00

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret: Judy Blume classic novel gets the big-screen treatment it deserves

Blume’s seminal book adapted into a funny, exhilarating coming-of-age movie that will charm all genders

Fri May 19 2023 - 05:00

Daisy Buchanan: Putting the sexy back in literary sex scenes

'Women have appetites and as they sometimes rage out of control, the worst thing we can do is repress them'

Sat Feb 06 2021 - 06:00

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Ellen: testing the reviewer’s faith

Book review: Coyne does things her own way and doesn’t give a blessed damn

Mon Nov 09 2020 - 06:00

Doctors are as guilty of fat-shaming people as everyone else

Fat-shaming, fat stigmatisation and fat bias are increasing – and the medical profession is not immune

Mon Sept 09 2019 - 08:27

Bringing real world issues to young adult novels

Patrick Ness fell into writing young adult fiction by accident, but he’s had huge success in a genre that’s barely a decade old

Thu Nov 05 2015 - 01:00

Speaking up: a brief history of rape culture in young adult fiction

Asking For It engages the media and popular culture but also its own field, YA, which since the 1950s has pushed boundaries and explored adolescence in edgy, realistic ways

Mon Sept 28 2015 - 10:42

Literary listings: Irish head for Edinburgh, and Library Voices at Dun Laoghaire

Fighting Words seeks volunteers, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Paula McGrath launch new novels, and celebrities and authors read at Dubray Books

Tue Aug 04 2015 - 13:10

Erotic fiction that puts 50 Shades in the shade

As EL James’s new Fifty Shades book Grey breaks sales records, here’s a top 10 list of literary erotica that has stood the test of time

Thu Jun 25 2015 - 12:00

It’s complicated: the truth about women and porn

In a recent survey, 56 per cent of Irish women said they had watched porn, and the real number is likely higher. Isn’t it time we moved beyond soundbites about how porn is ruining everything?

Tue Jan 20 2015 - 06:00

Books: Can Young Adult fiction go too far?

Experts discuss the YA fiction scene – the ‘John Green effect’, the ‘Katniss effect’ and unhappy endings

Thu Oct 30 2014 - 01:05

Point, click, swoosh, ping: why multitasking is making us all mindless

Researchers gave students 15 minutes to read some coursework. On average, they lasted two minutes before checking Facebook. I know how they feel

Wed May 08 2013 - 07:00