Thomas Morris

The diverse forms these stories take feel earned, surprising, not tokenistic. There’s method in the madness

The Open Up author decided that, if he was going to thrive, he needed to stop pretending he was something he’s not

Running since 1983, the list spotlights 20 novelists under the age of 40 every 10 years

Fantasy and reality fuse in an ambitious and linguistically powerful Irish debut

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Singer’s ancestor fled Ireland for the US in the 18th-century after assault, paper shows

Dublin Shakespeare Society; Kevin Curran reading; All-Ireland Poetry Day; Trinity talk on Derry authors; hunger strike talk at UCD

The bittersweet, funny and emotionally mature debut short story collection by the Welsh-born editor of Stinging Fly magazine is our recommended read for January

With their open door policy, Irish literary journals often offer new writers their first break and more established ones a platform and the chance to think outside the box

Fresh, at times brilliant, debut short story collection portrays lost souls in Wales

Doughnuts and cigarettes or blindfold, earmuffs and earplugs? Writers can have odd ways of getting ready for their working day – or night. Gavin Corbett, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Henrietta McKervey, Thomas Morris and Paul Murray take us into their creative worlds

Adaptations by Pat McCabe, Donal Ryan, Eimear McBride, John Boyne and Paul Murray mark centenary of publication