Trevor was a world class writer who looked to the forgotten, the despairing losers, the innocent and the devious
John Banville, Anne Enright, Colm Tóibín, Joseph O’Connor, Kevin Barry,Yiyun Li, John Boyne, Donal Ryan, Roddy Doyle and many others pay tribute to the late author
Obituary: Writer of ‘The Ballroom of Romance’ and novelist made Irish themes universal
Children’s Books Ireland voices concern over failure to honour award-winning illustrator Margaret Anne Suggs equally. Publisher Gill and award organisers respond
The handbook rightly fixes Dion Boucicault as a founding figure and brings Oscar Wilde and Bernard Shaw back into the frame
Bolan, Bowie, Slade, Mud, Sweet, Roxy Music – the glittering stars of glam are all here
John Stubbs’s book is very good, a fine achievement in an admirable genre, social and personal history
Antoine Volodine’s strange, funny stories explore human existence and death
Michael Connelly creates parallel plots driven by clear, crisp and precise prose
Editor Annie West has illustrated each of the 24 written pieces as well as including her own what-ifs
It’s heartening to see a contemporary Irish writer being treated with such seriousness and dedication
The appropriation of black roots music is explored in Jack Hamiton’s limited tome
The 147 titles on the International Dublin Literary Award longlist are a treasure trove of great reading
Angeline King, author of Snugville Street and A Belfast Tale, traces the ups and downs of her journey as a self-published writer
Politicians have always taken street names very seriously. In 1944, while Europe was engulfed in WWII, Cork city politicians discussed renaming imperial street names
‘Martin John hooked himself deep into my psyche. I didn’t like that at all at the time but the ability to do that to me is one of the many things I love about the book’
Julian Barnes, Joan Didion, Jenny Diski, Christopher Hitchens, Meghan O’Rourke and more address life’s ultimate question
From suffragettes to feminists and revolting rhymes for teens
Bookmarks: a round-up of the latest Irish literary news and listings
A poem by Paula Meehan, for the series Dublin in the Coming Times
The ‘Irish Times’ editor turned novelist has used skills he picked up as a cub reporter to enrich his trilogy of Joe Swallow historical crime thrillers
Michael Collins reaches the end of his 885km Irish Diaspora Run in Canada
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