I used to fear middle age, that I’d become invisible, unattractive, overlooked. But the rulebook has been rewritten for Millennial women like me, writes Vicki Notaro
Amateur Breeders is a new short story by Alice Ryan
Bread Is Bad for Ducks is a new short story by Elaine Garvey, author of The Wardrobe Department
Having enjoyed a big hit with The Couple Next Door, the author has just submitted her 11th crime novel
Forgotten pages of my Pentonville diary came from a ‘dead’ self, which allowed me to finally write about my time there
The South African-born author on her murderous new book The Lover, moving to the west of Ireland, and the advice that has stuck with her for decades
The anti-caste activist and author, whose new novel is Fieldwork As a Sex Object, has become synonymous with fearless writing
Midway through writing The Calamity Club, her ‘difficult second novel’, the bestselling Mississippi author was fired by publisher. In retrospect, she says, it was a blessing
Novel follows young homeless siblings as they try to survive a bewildering new world
Author Patricia Forde and illustrator Paddy Donnelly have formed a special collaboration on The Island of Bees
Author Doireann Ní Ghríofa on her new novel about a derelict mental hospital and how she writes ‘really weird books that are hard to describe’
The fiction reviewer turned writer on her new novel, Little Vanities, writing early and often, and novels versus short stories
Set just before the 2024 US presidential election, this work is Strout’s most political so far
This is an effortless, elegant and impressive debut from a promising young writer
The novelist on becoming a writer in her 40s, her interest in ‘feral children’ and new book Hunger and Thirst
When life challenges me, I turn to comforting books and cheerful TV
Kathleen MacMahon: Of all the difficulties I’ve experienced in writing fiction, this has been the most unsettling
The writer discusses her debut novel and what she’d like to do to Irish puppy farms
The author reaches heights of vulnerability in her writing, mercifully cushioned by humour
An extract from Among Communists: A Memoir by Belfast poet Sinéad Morrissey about growing up red, not orange or green
Author’s new novel, The Hotel Guest, is set in the French Alps
Claire Coughlan, author of Among the Ruins, has decided to rebrand her fear around publication as excitement
There are many poignant moments, but the main character’s inner monologue is often scathingly funny
To buy time to write a novel, Caitríona Lally worked in the housekeeping department at Trinity College Dublin, where she had once been a student
A desire to ‘rip into a subject that has sat like a succubus on me’ inspired writer’s first novel since 2014
The writer on literary reputation, emigration and ‘the crushing weight of being the only gay in the village’
The award-winning US author ‘refused to write historically’, but Kin, her new novel, is set in the 1960s. She explains why
As her latest novel is published, the acclaimed Irish author has turned her attention to non-fiction, still writing ‘what obsesses, consumes and distresses’ her
Author’s new novel, The Woman in the Water, is inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca
The great short-story writer’s female protagonists often do the opposite of what they intend. Being unmoored by loss affects their every thought
Solvej Balle’s near-40-year project, On the Calculation of Volume, seems both outside time and yet immediately relevant
Many Irish women writers have engaged with Joyce - both challenging and building on his legacy in their fiction. In studying them, I was also studying myself
Jumping between London and Ireland, it can feel like two distinct works, about two distinct women
In the penultimate instalment of her series on women’s writing, Paula McGrath focuses on the second half of the 1990s
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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