Lucy Caldwell

Belfast has a healthy literary scene, closely connected with Queen’s University, whose creative writing tutors include poets Gail McConnell and Stephen Sexton

Author on how the Troubles affected her life, her writing and her Irish identity

Hyde draws attention to how women’s lives were considered interchangeable

Book review: One woman’s attempts to retrieve herself after loss

Seeking inspiration for a book to read or give as a gift? This selection could help you

US playwright Brian Watkins takes inspiration from Joyce’s The Dead for his latest work, Epiphany

New writing ‘has to be nurtured and taken care of’, says artistic director Garry Hynes

The 10th annual Dublin Book Festival takes place this weekend, hosting workshops, walks, talks and readings by some of Ireland’s prominent writers. Here are some of the must-sees

There is little about these Belfast sisters that bears a resemblance to Chekhov’s original drama

Enda Bowe’s photographs of an unnamed Irish town reveal young people on the brink of greater awareness

Authors are using new ways of writing to reflect a changed political environment

The Cúirt festival brings a heavyweight literary line-up to Galway this week – here are 10 highlights

Lucy Caldwell’s latest novel is inspired by an ancestor’s dramatic life, and her own career has taken her from the stage to the page and recently to Iraq