In these six short stories, we are often in a natural world that is a long way from the comfortingly pastoral

The 20th century’s greatest poetry critic looks at the greatest of these poets and chooses WB Yeats

Late poet found meaning through lowering the volume and paying attention to life

The structural problems of the modern neoliberal university are very real. Why then dilute the account by making half of it up?

The most telling quote is from Edna O’Brien: ‘What is a child between injured parents? Only a weapon’

New novels by Anthony Gardner and Domhnall O’Donoghue, plus an anthology of stories from the original Nakba of 1948

Author makes a compelling case that there is no evidence to support claim that ultra-processed food such as sliced bread is ‘bad’

Television shares some flaws with its namesake medium, but when Rothery captures the raw materials of the moment, her prose rises off the page

Sharply-written story doesn’t shy away from questioning how far the bounds of familial love and loyalty can go

Paul Heideman’s account of GOP’s evolution from mid-20th century to present is concise and highly readable

Clear-sighted book by Connal Parr confirms even the noblest political campaigns can get a little prickly

This detailed, eye-opening account is bolstered by an insider look at commercial drug development

In Beth Is Dead, debut author Katie Bernet delves into the cultural afterlife of a classic

Mikhail Fishman’s biography tells the story of Boris Nemtsov, whose life and death illuminate Putin’s rise

A new account of Moore as a writer attuned to debates on gender, education, boxing, empire, enslavement and agricultural trade

Protagonist’s time in a psychiatric hospital shines a spotlight on institutional neglect

How a population perceived as being dour and taciturn by their neighbours appear to have cracked the code of happiness

A lively memoir on the adventures of a travelling theatre group; a fable-like novella; and an enlightening novel with real emotional integrity

Svetlana Satchkova’s English-language debut explores an uncomfortable reality in which opportunities for rebellion are slim

America at Home: The Architecture and Politics of the US Embassy in Dublin by Cormac Murray