Books

Irish author Ferdia Lennon shortlisted for Waterstones debut fiction prize
  • Culture
  • 19 Jun 24

Irish author Ferdia Lennon shortlisted for Waterstones debut fiction prize

Kevin Barry: "The most intense mushroom experience of my life was on Barrack Street in Cork in 1989. I was fully convinced I was a traffic light..."
  • Opinion
  • 13 Jun 24

Kevin Barry: "The most intense mushroom experience of my life was on Barrack Street in Cork in 1989. I was fully convinced I was a traffic light..."

David Nicholls on his latest book <i>You Are Here</i>: "I wanted it to be about how invigorating and inspiring friendship and company can be"
  • Culture
  • 06 Jun 24

David Nicholls on his latest book You Are Here: "I wanted it to be about how invigorating and inspiring friendship and company can be"

Ink for Gaza writing marathon to take place this August
  • Culture
  • 06 Jun 24

Ink for Gaza writing marathon to take place this August

Becca Rothfeld on tradwives: "They are implicitly invoking this idea of purity that of course never existed, and if we were to obtain it, it would be horrible"
  • Culture
  • 04 Jun 24

Becca Rothfeld on tradwives: "They are implicitly invoking this idea of purity that of course never existed, and if we were to obtain it, it would be horrible"

Cillian Murphy praises Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde's memoir as "insightful and honest"
  • Music
  • 29 May 24

Cillian Murphy praises Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde's memoir as "insightful and honest"

Caoilinn Hughes - "How we think about the future is so different to how our parents thought about the future"
  • Culture
  • 28 May 24

Caoilinn Hughes - "How we think about the future is so different to how our parents thought about the future"

Villagers' Conor J. O'Brien announces book of lyrics and artwork
  • Culture
  • 28 May 24

Villagers' Conor J. O'Brien announces book of lyrics and artwork

Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu wins €100,000 Dublin Literary Award
  • Culture
  • 23 May 24

Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu wins €100,000 Dublin Literary Award

Sally Rooney announced for special National Concert Hall event ahead of new novel <i>Intermezzo</i>
  • Culture
  • 22 May 24

Sally Rooney announced for special National Concert Hall event ahead of new novel Intermezzo

<I>New York Trilogy</I> Author Paul Auster dies aged 77
  • Culture
  • 01 May 24

New York Trilogy Author Paul Auster dies aged 77

Andrew O'Hagan: "I like novelists when they live in the centre of ambivalence"
  • Culture
  • 23 Apr 24

Andrew O'Hagan: "I like novelists when they live in the centre of ambivalence"

John Boyne – Mad Hatter Q&A: Biggest thrill? "A private lunch last year with Kate Bush"
  • Opinion
  • 18 Apr 24

John Boyne – Mad Hatter Q&A: Biggest thrill? "A private lunch last year with Kate Bush"

Richard Balls' new paperback edition of Shane MacGowan biography has been fully updated to include the iconic artist's final months and passing
  • Culture
  • 12 Apr 24

Richard Balls' new paperback edition of Shane MacGowan biography has been fully updated to include the iconic artist's final months and passing

International Literature Festival Dublin announces full line up including Richard E. Grant, Emma Dabiri, and Marian Keyes
  • Culture
  • 09 Apr 24

International Literature Festival Dublin announces full line up including Richard E. Grant, Emma Dabiri, and Marian Keyes

Richard Balls on his Shane MacGowan biography: "I really did feel that weight of responsibility"
  • Culture
  • 04 Apr 24

Richard Balls on his Shane MacGowan biography: "I really did feel that weight of responsibility"

Dennis Cooper: "In <i>Closer,</i> I was really influenced by The Jesus And Mary Chain’s <i>Psychocandy..."</i>
  • Opinion
  • 03 Apr 24

Dennis Cooper: "In Closer, I was really influenced by The Jesus And Mary Chain’s Psychocandy..."

Colum McCann on Diane Foley: "She's a genius of compassion"
  • Culture
  • 02 Apr 24

Colum McCann on Diane Foley: "She's a genius of compassion"

Juno Carey on <i>A Necessary Kindness</i> and abortion care: "We need to keep fighting and demanding openness and access"
  • Opinion
  • 02 Apr 24

Juno Carey on A Necessary Kindness and abortion care: "We need to keep fighting and demanding openness and access"

Premiere: Anne Tiernan shares a chapter from <i>The Last Days of Joy</i> on ‘My Reading of It’
  • Culture
  • 01 Apr 24

Premiere: Anne Tiernan shares a chapter from The Last Days of Joy on ‘My Reading of It’

Premiere: Prof. Katherine O'Donnell shares <I>Slant</I> on 'My Reading of It'
  • Culture
  • 30 Mar 24

Premiere: Prof. Katherine O'Donnell shares Slant on 'My Reading of It'

Premiere: John Connolly shares his stunningly imagined fantasy <I>The Land of Lost Things</I> on 'My Reading Of It'
  • Culture
  • 27 Mar 24

Premiere: John Connolly shares his stunningly imagined fantasy The Land of Lost Things on 'My Reading Of It'

Sebastian Barry and Emma Donoghue shortlisted for 2024 Dublin Literary Award
  • Culture
  • 27 Mar 24

Sebastian Barry and Emma Donoghue shortlisted for 2024 Dublin Literary Award

Premiere: Caroline O'Donoghue shares chapter from <I> The Rachel Incident </I> on 'My Reading Of It'
  • Culture
  • 26 Mar 24

Premiere: Caroline O'Donoghue shares chapter from The Rachel Incident on 'My Reading Of It'

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