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Books

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Portrait of a courtship: the correspondence of Brian and Marie-Thérèse Farrell
Portrait of a courtship: the correspondence of Brian and Marie-Thérèse Farrell
By Miriam Farrell Shtaierman
The Books Quiz: About whose death did Gore Vidal remark, ‘Great career move’?
The Books Quiz: About whose death did Gore Vidal remark, ‘Great career move’?
By John Self

Negative Space by Cristín Leach: A memoir about infidelity and much more

This works as both memoir about a broken marriage and a dissection of the writing life

By Brian Dillon

The Irishman who filmed Hiroshima and Nagasaki


Local history: A turbulent time in Ireland


Rosita Boland on Dervla Murphy: ‘I never interviewed anyone who lived in such an unusual way’


The Art of Losing wins €100,000 Dublin Literary Award


Dervla Murphy, ‘secular saint’ of travel writing, dies aged 90


Alice Zeniter and Frank Wynne win International Dublin Literary Award


On Jeanne d’Arc, love and being highly vulnerable


Short Stories

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The Game, a new short story by Sarah Gilmartin
The Game, a new short story by Sarah Gilmartin
By Sarah Gilmartin
Death, a short story by Malika Moustadraf
Death, a short story by Malika Moustadraf
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Poetry

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Poem of the Week: Bottles by John Kelly
Poem of the Week: Bottles by John Kelly
By John Kelly
Poem of the Week: The Persistence of a Certain Street in Rain
Poem of the Week: The Persistence of a Certain Street in Rain
By Katherine Duffy
Selected Poems by John McAuliffe: A good-humoured, learned book
Selected Poems by John McAuliffe: A good-humoured, learned book
By Bernard O'Donoghue

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