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Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages
Author Jonny Sweet on moving from writing stand-up shows and plays to fiction and his new, darkly comic thriller, The Kellerby Code
Previous winner Kate Grenville and debut writer Aube Rey Lescure also on shortlist
Author talks about her latest book, Sparks of Bright Matter, folklore, nature and more
Books newsletter: Borris and West Cork festival line-ups; Banagher Brontë Festival; Open Mic for Gaza; Write by the Sea; John McGahern exhibition; Commonwealth and Jhalak prizes
Man who lost two sons and a brother in loyalist attack achieved own justice ‘by outliving the forces that had sought to destroy him and his family’
Hughes’s new book, Emma, Disappeared, follows James Lyster, whose life begins to unravel after the disappearance of a high-achieving university graduate
Books newsletter: Irish Times Eason offer is Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena, just €5.99
Canadian poet wins €10,000 Pollard award while American wins €6,000 Moth prize
Independent presses continue to dominate, with five of six titles on the shortlist
Nealon’s debut novel, Snowflake, is this year’s One Dublin One Book choice
Novelist and playwright receive Windham Campbell Prize to support their work
The author’s In Her Place and Breaking Point cast a cold eye on class and entitlement. Why are these subjects to which she returns?
Books newsletter: a round-up of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pages
Author discusses her motivation for writing her award-winning debut novel, and tells of her ‘immense’ gratitude of being an Irish citizen