My Greatest Race by Ciara Mageean review: A memoir about athletics, cancer and identity
Mageean’s memoir is a testament to determination, ambition and resilience
By Caragh Maxwell
Salman Rushdie in Dublin: ‘What happens when language does not work any more?’
‘Of course I’m bloody anxious, having grown up in a place that told me I wasn’t good enough’
How Lucy Grealy created one of the most powerful patient narratives ever written
Translated fiction: Tie Ning’s The Passage of Roses is a deeply impressive accomplishment
Fantastic Kingdom by Helene von Bismarck: Knowledgeable treatise on harm done by Brexit
The Butterfly Season by Lea Korsgaard: A Danish journalist catches the bug
Poem of the Week: The Clouds
SHORT STORIES
POETRY
The End of Everything by M John Harrison: A rudderless spin on the post-apocalyptic story
By Colm McKenna
The Ballad of Ronan McCoy by Colin Morgan: An empathetic and thoughtful debut from actor
By Patrick Holloway
Experts in a Dying Field by Patrick Freyne: A debut novel of charm, melancholy and magic
By Helen Cullen
Best crime fiction: A fascinating new detective and a poison pen letter to Los Angeles
By Declan Burke
Author Keith Ridgway: ‘Dooneen is the most beautiful place on Earth, as far as I’m concerned’
By David Hayden
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
The GlossOpens in new window
Read the digital edition of The Gloss magazine now
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices




























