Women’s Prize for Fiction winner on The Safekeep, being intersex and her childhood in Israel
Yael van der Wouden on her experience of being intersex, her opposition to the Israeli government and winning the Women’s Prize for Fiction
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Irish Times readers pick Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These as the best Irish book of the 21st century
How do your top 25 books compare to the rankings of 60 experts? Claire Keegan’s work is a firm favourite among both groups
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 25 to No 1
A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 50 to No 26
A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 100 to No 51
The Irish Times assembled a panel of 60 experts – authors, critics, academics, festival curators, booksellers and journalists – to select the best Irish novels and short story collections of the years 2000-2025
Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan wins An Post Irish Book of the Year 2024
Author repeats success with sequel to his debut The Spinning Heart, which won award in 2012
Sally Rooney’s novel Intermezzo is fastest-selling book in Republic this year
Normal People author’s title sold almost 12,000 copies in first five days on market
David Nicholls: ‘I’m lucky enough to have lots of Irish friends and hope that I got away with writing an Irish character’
The author of One Day on his new novel, You Are Here; the Irish writers he admires; and father-son relationships
Irish author Paul Murray scoops top prize at inaugural Nero Book Awards
Dublin-born writer’s The Bee Sting hailed as ‘fiction of the finest calibre’ at London ceremony
Paul Murray and Michael Magee win inaugural Nero book awards
Murray's Booker-shortlisted The Bee Sting wins fiction prize; Magee's Close to Home wins debut fiction prize
Paul Lynch’s Booker Prize winner is Ireland’s bestselling book of 2023
Prophet Song pips Liz Nugent’s Strange Sally Diamond and Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting
Irish fiction 2008-2023: Flourishing scene emerges from period of upheaval
Ireland has borne witness to one of the most significant periods in its modern literary history, a winning-streak that shows no sign of abating
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray is An Post Irish Book of the Year 2023
Tragicomic family saga secures top prize on top of Novel of the Year award
Paul Murray wins Novel of the Year for The Bee Sting at the An Post Irish Book Awards
Other winners include Mark Moriarty for Cookbook of the Year, and Katriona O’Sullivan for Biography of the Year and Listener’s Choice Award
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