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The Most Anticipated Books of 2025
  • Culture
  • 03 Feb 25

The Most Anticipated Books of 2025

Samantha Harvey becomes first female Booker Prize winner in 5 years
  • Culture
  • 13 Nov 24

Samantha Harvey becomes first female Booker Prize winner in 5 years

Bram Stoker story discovered in Dublin after 130 years
  • Culture
  • 21 Oct 24

Bram Stoker story discovered in Dublin after 130 years

Michael D. Higgins' <i>Power To The People: The Hot Press Years</i> available now!
  • Opinion
  • 25 Sep 24

Michael D. Higgins' Power To The People: The Hot Press Years available now!

Michael Magee wins John McGahern Prize for Fiction
  • Culture
  • 09 Sep 24

Michael Magee wins John McGahern Prize for Fiction

"Ireland has lost an icon" - An Taoiseach, Irving Welsh and more dedicate tributes to Edna O'Brien
  • Culture
  • 29 Jul 24

"Ireland has lost an icon" - An Taoiseach, Irving Welsh and more dedicate tributes to Edna O'Brien

Sarah Crossan on porn: "if you disapprove, does that mean you’re a prude, a non-feminist, or anti women doing what they want with their bodies?"
  • Culture
  • 02 Jul 24

Sarah Crossan on porn: "if you disapprove, does that mean you’re a prude, a non-feminist, or anti women doing what they want with their bodies?"

Irish actor Robert Sheehan announces memoir <i>Playing Dead</i>
  • Culture
  • 02 Jul 24

Irish actor Robert Sheehan announces memoir Playing Dead

Irish authors Caroline O'Donoghue and Claire Wright shortlisted for TikTok Book Awards
  • Culture
  • 01 Jul 24

Irish authors Caroline O'Donoghue and Claire Wright shortlisted for TikTok Book Awards

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

Irish author Ferdia Lennon shortlisted for Waterstones debut fiction prize

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"

Booker Prize urged to consider changing name over slavery links
  • Culture
  • 26 Apr 24

Booker Prize urged to consider changing name over slavery links

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

JK Rowling will not face prosecution following online comments about Scotland's new hate crime laws
  • Culture
  • 03 Apr 24

JK Rowling will not face prosecution following online comments about Scotland's new hate crime laws

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"

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

Irish authors Paul Murray and Michael Magee named winners at inaugural Nero Book Prize
  • Culture
  • 15 Mar 24

Irish authors Paul Murray and Michael Magee named winners at inaugural Nero Book Prize

Malachy McCourt, Irish-American writer and Renaissance man, dies at 92
  • Culture
  • 11 Mar 24

Malachy McCourt, Irish-American writer and Renaissance man, dies at 92

Stephen King calls for a sequel to Claire Keegan's <i>Small Things Like These</i>
  • Film And TV
  • 07 Mar 24

Stephen King calls for a sequel to Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These

Muldoon's Picnic returns with special guests Glen Hansard, Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle and many more
  • Culture
  • 13 Feb 24

Muldoon's Picnic returns with special guests Glen Hansard, Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle and many more

Paul Murray and Michael Magee win Nero Book Awards
  • Culture
  • 30 Jan 24

Paul Murray and Michael Magee win Nero Book Awards

Ruefrex drummer Paul Burgess publishes tell-all memoir on Belfast's punk scene: <I> Wild Colonial Boys </I>
  • Culture
  • 25 Jan 24

Ruefrex drummer Paul Burgess publishes tell-all memoir on Belfast's punk scene: Wild Colonial Boys

Michael Magee's debut novel longlisted for The Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize
  • Culture
  • 25 Jan 24

Michael Magee's debut novel longlisted for The Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize

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