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Marian Keyes: ‘Transition is extremely uncomfortable…but everything eventually settles’

The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle

Thu May 16 2024 - 15:10

UCD Festival’s literary highlights

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a wrap of the latest news

Thu May 9 2024 - 17:37

Kerry Group Novel of the Year shortlist

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri May 3 2024 - 12:22

He Used to Be Me: Heartbreaking debut about a fragile character on the margins of Mayo society

A profound, moving book that sneaks up on you and hits you with unexpected force

Fri May 3 2024 - 04:41

Sheila Armstrong on RSL Ondaatje Prize shortlist

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Apr 26 2024 - 11:18

Hubert Butler Essay Prize announced

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

Thu Apr 18 2024 - 11:31

Cork World Book Fest turns 20

The duration of the Fest has also expanded thanks to the network of partners and collaborators that have been built over the years

Wed Apr 17 2024 - 11:00

PEN Heaney Prize launched

Books newsletter: Irish Times Eason offer is Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena, just €5.99

Fri Apr 12 2024 - 06:00

Wild Atlantic writers: the vibrant aesthetic of the Whole Wild World bus was ‘shaped with the input of children’

The Whole Wild World bus will ferry our finest children’s authors and illustrators along the west coast

Wed Apr 10 2024 - 05:00

Noel O’Regan on James Tait Black shortlist

Books newsletter: a round-up of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pages

Thu Mar 28 2024 - 10:43

Louise Kennedy wins Francophonie award

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Mar 22 2024 - 13:13

Let’s talk about class: Four memoirs paint a shocking picture of how society treats the vulnerable

Reviews: Learning to Think by Tracy King; Newborn by Kerry Hudson; Strong Female Character by Fern Brady and Slum Boy by Juano Diaz

Sat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00

Anne Enright wins Writers’ Prize for Fiction

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Mar 15 2024 - 13:41

Cúirt festival lineup revealed

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Mar 8 2024 - 17:33

Aoife Fitzpatrick wins Kate O’Brien Award

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pages

Fri Mar 1 2024 - 11:56

Remembering Peasants: Fascinating study makes for essential reading about our shared past

Patrick Joyce explores his own family history from the west of Ireland in Mayo to industrial Britain

Sat Feb 24 2024 - 05:00

Politics in the Republic of Ireland: Hearty fare for the political buff

Seventh edition explores society and political culture, Constitution and the judiciary, electoral system and more

Sat Feb 24 2024 - 00:01

Walter Scott Prize longlist revealed

Books newsletter: all the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pages

Thu Feb 22 2024 - 09:33

Reviews in brief: Love These Days, The Language of Trees and A Ramble About Tallaght

New releases from Brian Leyden, Katie Holten and Albert Perris, covering topics from nature to social history

Sat Feb 17 2024 - 00:01

Franco-Irish translation prize shortlist

Books newsletter: A round-up of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Fri Feb 16 2024 - 11:46

Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlist

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest news

Fri Feb 9 2024 - 14:49

Michael Magee, Derry Girls and Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland in for Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest news

Fri Feb 2 2024 - 10:41

Cathy Sweeney: ‘I am naturally curious so I dwell on everything’

Sweeney’s debut novel Breakdown is about a woman who gets up one morning and, on impulse, instead of going to work, drives south on a motorway

Sat Jan 27 2024 - 05:00

Magee and Morris on Dylan Thomas Prize longlist; Nolan and Carroll on Gordon Burn Prize shortlist; Bernie McGill wins Edge Hill story prize

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and round-up of the latest news

Thu Jan 25 2024 - 12:00

Translated fiction roundup: A Shining by Nobel winner Jon Fosse a perfect example of his gift for portraying porous psychological states

At just 40 pages, A Shining by Jon Fosse is closer to a long story than a short novel

Sun Nov 5 2023 - 05:00

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Book Club

Marian Keyes: ‘Transition is extremely uncomfortable…but everything eventually settles’

UCD Festival’s literary highlights

Kerry Group Novel of the Year shortlist

He Used to Be Me: Heartbreaking debut about a fragile character on the margins of Mayo society

Sheila Armstrong on RSL Ondaatje Prize shortlist

Hubert Butler Essay Prize announced

Cork World Book Fest turns 20

PEN Heaney Prize launched

Wild Atlantic writers: the vibrant aesthetic of the Whole Wild World bus was ‘shaped with the input of children’

Noel O’Regan on James Tait Black shortlist

Louise Kennedy wins Francophonie award

Let’s talk about class: Four memoirs paint a shocking picture of how society treats the vulnerable

Anne Enright wins Writers’ Prize for Fiction

Cúirt festival lineup revealed

Aoife Fitzpatrick wins Kate O’Brien Award

Remembering Peasants: Fascinating study makes for essential reading about our shared past

Politics in the Republic of Ireland: Hearty fare for the political buff

Walter Scott Prize longlist revealed

Reviews in brief: Love These Days, The Language of Trees and A Ramble About Tallaght

Franco-Irish translation prize shortlist

Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlist

Michael Magee, Derry Girls and Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland in for Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize

Cathy Sweeney: ‘I am naturally curious so I dwell on everything’

Magee and Morris on Dylan Thomas Prize longlist; Nolan and Carroll on Gordon Burn Prize shortlist; Bernie McGill wins Edge Hill story prize

President honours Swiss Joycean and Brazilian scholar; Jason Allen-Paisant wins TS Eliot Prize

Anne Enright, Paul Murray and Mark O’Connell on The Writers’ Prize shortlist

More money spent on books in 2023 than ever before

The Book Club: Christmas gift recommendations

Paul Murray to be Trinity Long Room Hub 2024 Rooney Writer Fellow

The best Irish-language books of 2023

Michael Magee wins Waterstones Irish Book of the Year; Sebastian Barry wins Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger

Books that should be on your reading list

Irish Writers for Palestine event switches to Vicar St; An Post Irish Book of the Year 2023 shortlist

Lifetime Achievement Award for Roy Foster; Louise Nealon’s Snowflake to be Dublin’s One Book

Book reviews: A swim around Ireland, GAA clubs and a history of the Soviet Union

Irish writers host four nights in aid of Palestine

Translated fiction roundup: A Shining by Nobel winner Jon Fosse a perfect example of his gift for portraying porous psychological states

Book reviews in brief: Be a Birder by Hamza Yassin, Fear by Robert Peckham, Dangerous Children by Kenneth Gross

The Coiled Serpent: uniquely gripping

The Lamplighters of the Phoenix Park: illuminating social history

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