In My Own Words: Hanif Kureishi review – Author revisits hedonistic life after entering a zone of death
Television: The author and playwright, who suffered life-changing injuries after a fall in 2022, revisits his life and career
Television: The author and playwright, who suffered life-changing injuries after a fall in 2022, revisits his life and career
The Reverend Psychopath: Suffer Little Children, Terror, Tears and Tragedy: The Mount Cashells and the Notorious Divorce Case of 1876, and Under the Metal Man: Sligo in Yeats
Radio: Even at his most factually minded, the RTÉ presenter can’t resist his mischievous side
Novelist explains why he chose not to talk to his would-be murderer, and what he discovered about himself when fatwa was issued against him
Knife is surprisingly upbeat for a book about being stabbed in the head
Salman Rushdie, Hilary Mantel, John Banville and Roddy Doyle might wince at some of the judgments contained within
His loss will be felt keenly at a time when Anglophone literature is mired in a charmless and po-faced moral earnestness
The #MeToo movement has made men in literature more cautious
Santanu Bhattacharya writes with verve, intelligence and compassion with a range of characters crossing religion, caste and class
Salman Rushdie’s 15th novel, about an eternally youthful femme fatale fighting religious fundamentalism, sticks to the author’s fiction formula
In his first interview since being attacked at New York literary event, the author reflects on the support he received from first responders
Author was stabbed in neck and torso on stage in New York state last August
Martin Neary has permission to be buried on his own lands in Co Mayo when he dies
Having a ‘room of one’s own’ can help writers get the right work from home balance - but not always
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
Bord Pleanála approves plans following objections from authors, poets and An Taisce
Why is Kardashian West, who exchanged privacy for wealth, so famous?
Political correctness has ‘asphyxiating effect on the creative soul of a society’, musician says
EL James’s books triggered an erotica boom. They have also been cited in sex-crime cases
Evaristo is first black woman to win prize; Handmaid’s Tale sequel is second win for Atwood
Author says he was phoned by Swedish Academy number shortly before announcement
Writers including Salman Rushdie criticise the 2019 Nobel laureate over support for ‘genocidal regime of Slobodan Miloševic’
We all have our own Oz, be it fame, money or love. For immigrant families like mine, it is usually an actual place
Natalie Portman has disputed the musician’s account of their ‘relationship’. But fear not: his new book has plenty more steamy stories
Despite its ‘mistakes, lapses, and occasional acts of cowardice’, Europe remains ‘the second home of every free man and woman’
Since Chaucer there has been a rich tradition of writers inspired by religious buildings
‘On Chesil Beach is about a young, sexually inexperienced couple on a miserable honeymoon
The Oscar-winning actor’s foray into fiction, with Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff, has met derision online. Can it be that bad?
Fitzmaurice's memoir 'I Found My Tribe' is a joyful and raw account of life after her husband’s MND diagnosis
Fisher’s final acting role was in Horgan’s TV show, ‘Catastrophe’. The night before the Hollywood legend returned to LA, they went for dinner. Here, Horgan recalls that evening, and their friendship
We all have the right to offend but not a licence to be coarse and vulgar
Many in Saudi Arabia privately agree with cleric who questions tenets of Wahhabism
There has been a breakdown of European ethics in favour of bourgeois security
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices