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Mike McCormack
‘We are living through the sixth extinction’: How contemporary Irish writers are pointedly addressing the climate crisis
Poetry cannot change the world, Seamus Heaney once said. But he also went on to clarify that what poetry could do is to allow the world to be viewed afresh
What do Irish writers read? Donal Ryan, Mark Tighe, Nuala O’Connor, Claire Hennessy and more give recommendations
The Irish Writers Handbook 2025 contributors recommend books and bookshops for Irish Book Week
This Plague of Souls by Mike McCormack: creates an utterly distinctive, utterly contemporary mood
Weighing in at a slender 179 pages, McCormack’s quarry is the elusive stuff of consciousness itself
Mike McCormack: ‘There is no good time to lose your father’
What happens to the father of Nealon, the protagonist of This Plague of Souls, his new novel, is also what happened to the author’s father
Kilkenny Arts Festival mixes risk and safe-bets in search of magical chance
From Rough Magic’s Tonic to Mozart’s Requiem, the festival starts August 6th
Kilkenny festival to present mixture of virtual and live events
‘Bringing people back together is really important,’ says director Olga Barry
Fifty Shades, Kanye, Love/Hate: The films, TV, books and music that defined the decade
The Decade in Culture: The most impactful books, series and performers of 2010-19
Why is Irish literature thriving? Because its writers and publishers take risks
Whether from Sally Rooney or Edna O’Brien, experimentalism has never frightened Irish readers
‘I can’t do thrillers or spy novels or genre fiction. I just get bored'
The author Colm Tóibín discusses female Irish novelists, families, and when he wishes he had a TV
Dublin Literary Award: Two Irish authors shortlisted for world’s most valuable books prize
Sally Rooney and Bernard MacLaverty shortlisted for the €100,000 prize
The debut books and authors to look out for in 2019
We asked some writers to tell us about their debuts ahead of their publication
Be One. Inspire One: ‘It's OK to fail along the way’
Lisa Coen and Sarah Davis-Goff, who set up Tramp Press four years ago, have published a string of successful titles
Toronto police officer praised for arresting suspect without firing shot
Unidentified officer arrested Alek Minassian after white van ploughed into pedestrians
What’s wrong with selling scallops in their shell?
It’s not illegal in other European countries – so why here?
New director of Galway 2020 sets out a digital future
‘I come with the experience of finding the stories that need to be told,’ says Chris Baldwin
Your favourite artwork from 2016
To celebrate the close of the Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks series we asked you to pick your favourite artwork of last year
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards winning authors revealed
Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones is novel of the year. Winners include Marian Keyes, Graham Norton, Paul Howard, Paul O’Connell and Tana French
‘Back in Ireland, I feel a sense of belonging I missed in the US’
Coming back has given one returned emigrant a new understanding of what ‘home’ means
Mayo arrive in that strange land where finals no longer hold fear
Westerners already know worst that can happen and so feel pressure is off
Irish publishers left on the shelf by Man Booker Prize
The awards preserve a system in which Irish work has to be passed on to a UK press
Mike McCormack: ‘I had the canny idea of writing a long sentence instead of a book’
In his novel Solar Bones, McCormack has written an expansive tale about a ghost, which is also a ‘hymn to engineers’
How to Write a Book live in Galway
Eimear McBride, Mike McCormack and Alan McMonagle will take part in our writing Q&A
Life savers, crime perpetrators and trade secrets
The Cúirt festival brings a heavyweight literary line-up to Galway this week – here are 10 highlights
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