Thomas Morris

Open Up by Thomas Morris: Thrilling stories of disenfranchised lives

The diverse forms these stories take feel earned, surprising, not tokenistic. There’s method in the madness

Tue Aug 22 2023 - 04:48

Thomas Morris: ‘I was hiding. I hid my stammer. I hid that we were poor. My characters can’t hide any more’

The Open Up author decided that, if he was going to thrive, he needed to stop pretending he was something he’s not

Sat Aug 12 2023 - 05:00

Sara Baume and Thomas Morris on Granta list of future stars

Running since 1983, the list spotlights 20 novelists under the age of 40 every 10 years

Thu Apr 13 2023 - 12:24

The Abode of Fancy by Sam Coll review: a hugely impressive linguistic feat

Fantasy and reality fuse in an ambitious and linguistically powerful Irish debut

Sat Sept 17 2016 - 00:00

Elvis Presley’s Irish roots proven by legal document

Singer’s ancestor fled Ireland for the US in the 18th-century after assault, paper shows

Fri Apr 22 2016 - 19:12

Cúirt; Fish Short Story winners; Gavin Corbett at TCD; Cork World Book Fest

Dublin Shakespeare Society; Kevin Curran reading; All-Ireland Poetry Day; Trinity talk on Derry authors; hunger strike talk at UCD

Thu Mar 31 2016 - 14:36

Irish Times Book Club: We Don’t Know What We’re Doing, by Thomas Morris

The bittersweet, funny and emotionally mature debut short story collection by the Welsh-born editor of Stinging Fly magazine is our recommended read for January

Mon Jan 04 2016 - 14:46

The Irish literary journal’s irresistible rise

With their open door policy, Irish literary journals often offer new writers their first break and more established ones a platform and the chance to think outside the box

Wed Sept 23 2015 - 07:00

Review: We Don’t Know What We’re Doing, by Thomas Morris

Fresh, at times brilliant, debut short story collection portrays lost souls in Wales

Sat Aug 22 2015 - 01:00

The writing ritual: from blank page to Booker contender

Doughnuts and cigarettes or blindfold, earmuffs and earplugs? Writers can have odd ways of getting ready for their working day – or night. Gavin Corbett, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Henrietta McKervey, Thomas Morris and Paul Murray take us into their creative worlds

Sat May 23 2015 - 08:00