Martin Doyle

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Martin Doyle is Books Editor of The Irish Times.

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Caroline Grace-Cassidy on fate: ‘Let’s all believe that our World Cup place is meant to be’

The author on her new Christmas novel; her hopes of it becoming a Hallmark movie; and her belief in fate

Sat Nov 29 2025 - 04:39

Books of the year 2025: Authors and critics pick their favourites

Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story and Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Every One Still Here are among the year’s top choices

Sat Nov 29 2025 - 04:04

Kate O’Brien Award now worth £5,000

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

Fri Nov 28 2025 - 16:14

Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners

Jacqueline Connolly, Andrew Porter, Cecelia Ahern, Andrea Mara, Elaine Feeney, Joseph O’Connor and Michael D Higgins also honoured

Thu Nov 27 2025 - 22:50

Annemarie Ní Churreáin: ‘There’s a deep respect embedded in Gaeltacht culture for troublemakers’

Poet reflects on how here upbringing has shaped her works, including her latest collection Hymn to All the Restless Girls

Sat Nov 22 2025 - 04:47

Claire Power is new Poetry Ireland head

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

Thu Nov 20 2025 - 18:21

Hugo Hamilton: ‘I love speaking Irish. It places me in a less aggressive country full of musical links to an ancient past’

The author on his new novel, Conversation with the Sea; his German heritage; and how Germany is in denial about Gaza

Sat Nov 15 2025 - 04:14

Christine Falls by John Banville is One Dublin One Book choice for 2026

Initiative aims to encourage everyone in Dublin to read a designated book connected with the capital city during the month of April

Fri Nov 14 2025 - 10:58

The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year

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

Fri Nov 14 2025 - 10:56

Booker Prize 2025: David Szalay wins for Flesh

‘We had never read anything quite like it,’ says judging panel chair Roddy Doyle of the author’s ‘extraordinary, singular’ novel

Mon Nov 10 2025 - 22:00

Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits

The €10,000 prize, awarded annually since 1976, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40

Mon Nov 10 2025 - 12:27

Author Kevin Smith: ‘Whenever I leave the North I do feel a pull – a hankering for that coded familiarity’

The writer on his latest novel, Injury Time; his favourite funny writers; and the book that always makes him cry

Sat Nov 08 2025 - 04:33

John Boyne wins second top French prize

Books newsletter: Prix Femina; Storylines Europe, Write-Time and Yarn festivals; Prix de Traduction; Goldsmith & Baillie Gifford Prizes

Fri Nov 07 2025 - 10:53

Bernie McGill: ‘I got through an English degree at Queen’s without encountering a single Irish female writer’

The author on parity of esteem, the genius of Hilary Mantel, and the inestimable importance of libraries

Sat Nov 01 2025 - 05:06

Mary O’Malley wins Derek Walcott Prize