Word for Word

Belfast poet wins accolade for second time for her collection ‘Parallax’

What to check out at the book festival this weekend in Dún Laoghaire

With the sixth Mountains to Sea almost underway, this year’s curator looks at the rise of the book festival

Contemporary Irish poetry is doing well, as the breadth of work up for the Irish Times Poetry Now award demonstrates

Can our country be summed up by one book? We ask some experts to nominate candidates

Forget the inspirational teachers and creative encouragement that many writers experienced at school. Playwright Frank McGuinness recalls a schooling in the 1950s and 60s that sickens his stomach, and ‘beat the lining out of any love for exploring the intricacies of language’

Belfast poet’s fifth collection described as politically, historically and personally ambitious

Poetry review

Sinéad Morrissey, the city’s first poet laureate, is intrinsically bound to her home place, although her background isn’t quite what you might expect