Northern thriller writer Brian McGilloway: ‘People are having to take sides again. And that’s never good here’
The author on why he no longer writes police procedurals, his distrust of the North’s hierarchy of victimhood, and his compulsion to write
Author Jess Kidd: ‘My daughter said: Mum, do you think you might be autistic?’
The London-Irish writer on her latest novel, Murder at Gull’s Nest; being diagnosed autistic in her late 40s; and how she writes ‘with an Irish accent’
Girl on the Train author Paula Hawkins on her runaway success: ‘Being the focus of attention was uncomfortable for me’
Her debut thriller changed her life. Her latest takes place on a Scottish island and takes in themes of art, loneliness and a desire to get away
Murdle, he wrote: GT Karber brings his killer puzzle to Dublin
The American mystery writer explains how he came up a publishing sensation, and how studying in Galway helped
John Connolly: ‘You can blame my Catholic upbringing. I still wear a cross’
The crime novelist on the 21st book in his Charlie Parker series, why he enjoys being on stage but not mixing with other writers, and his irritation at the claim that he ‘knocks books out’
Jo Spain: ‘I rely on the next book, contract or TV show to pay that mortgage. I’ve no guaranteed salary’
Spain is well known for her best-selling books, but the Dublin novelist and screenwriter has fought for everything she has achieved
Irish crime author Jane Casey: ‘I spent quite a long time not writing because I was looking in the wrong direction’
Dublin-born creator of detective sergeant Maeve Kerrigan has learned to overcome shyness for her public-facing role as a bestselling author - but she is always happiest immersed in the world of her fiction
Marie Cassidy: ‘It’s the man in your bed you should be worried about, not the man under your bed’
Former state pathologist acknowledges that to do the stressful job: ‘You have to have a certain personality, a very odd personality’
Catherine Ryan Howard: ‘It seemed ridiculous that an Irish woman in her early 20s wanted to make a living as a writer’
The author may joke about the ‘literary’ label attached to her work, but her high-concept crime thrillers are deadly serious
Crime novelists and their subgenres: what’s the story?
Are sub-genres helpful labels or just marketing tools for publishers? We asked writers for their views
Orchid fever: ‘It’s like chasing a green-eyed woman or cocaine, it’s a sort of madness’
Fiona Gartland on a flower that has inspired theft, murder and her third novel
In House: Journeys in ceramics, print and glass
Radek Zemlikca in Balbriggan, Ruth Gunning in Dublin and the Crows in Connemara
In House: From making music in Manhattan to carving spoons in Clonakilty
Tadhg Peelo works by hand with cherry, hazel, apple, sycamore, ash, beech and birch
A New York subway inspires rug design in Wexford
In House: Rugs from Wexford, textile art from Dublin and glass from Kilkenny
In House: Inspired Irish art lends instant lift to a room
Around the country people who might have been stifled are producing remarkable work