
The Books Quiz: A world map as seen from Corkadoragha shows which US cities?
- Books
- March 7, 2021, 06:00
The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Kate O’Brien Award; Niamh Mulvey book deal; Eason Must Reads and book offer
- Books
- March 4, 2021, 16:32
A preview of Saturday’s books pages

Edna O’Brien honoured with France’s highest cultural distinction
- Books
- March 2, 2021, 17:15
90-year-old author joins Bono and Heaney as Commandeur of Ordre des Arts et Lettres

Eason book offer; Saturday’s pages; Walter Scott and Jean Monnet Prizes; Cairde Word
- Books
- February 25, 2021, 11:30
A round-up of the latest literary news

The Books Quiz: What is Rumpole’s favourite poetry book?
- Books
- February 21, 2021, 06:00
The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Irish children’s authors and bookshops up for prizes; Saturday’s books pages preview
- Books
- February 18, 2021, 11:14
A round-up of the latest literary news

The Books Quiz: Which Irish writer was once lead singer with Toasted Heretic?
- Books
- February 14, 2021, 06:05
The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

‘There’s an Ireland that rarely gets into books: the lower-middle class who play golf and bridge’
- Books
- February 13, 2021, 06:00
In a powerful new novel, Conor O’Callaghan follows an emigrant’s road trip with his daughter

Johnny Rogan, leading music biographer, dies, aged 67
- Books
- February 12, 2021, 11:08
London Irish writer was famous for his attention to detail and clash with Morrissey

Liz Nugent receives UCD’s Literary and Historical Society James Joyce award
- Books
- February 11, 2021, 10:59
Saturday’s books pages; Literature Ireland podcasts; RoC longlist; BND Magazine; Between The Red Lines

Three Irish writers on £30,000 Rathbones Folio Prize shortlist
- Books
- February 10, 2021, 19:20
Winner will be announced on March 24th

The Books Quiz: Who wrote The Dig, now adapted for Netflix?
- Books
- February 7, 2021, 06:15
The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

A round-up of the latest literary news and preview of Saturday’s books pages
- Books
- February 4, 2021, 13:29
Eason book offer; TCD Beckett archive; Listowel deadline; HarperCollins appointment

The Books Quiz: Who is the poet laureate who read at Joe Biden’s inauguration?
- Books
- January 31, 2021, 06:15
The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Danielle McLaughlin: ‘I’m anxious and an introvert. That can be helpful when making fiction’
- Books
- January 30, 2021, 05:57
Cork writer on her heralded debut novel, self-doubt and writing with autism

Monique Roffey wins £30,000 Costa Book of the Year Award
- Books
- January 28, 2021, 13:34
A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary news

A host of books to watch out for in 2021 – all from independent publishers
- Books
- January 25, 2021, 06:00
From an Irish coastal atlas to unsettling tales, civil war and Neil Jordan’s runaway slave

The Books Quiz: What is Bram Stoker’s Dracula short story called?
- Books
- January 24, 2021, 06:00
The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Naoise Dolan and Caoilinn Hughes on Dylan Thomas Prize longlist
- Books
- January 21, 2021, 13:21
A roundup of the latest literary news and preview of Saturday’s books pages

The Books Quiz: What is the name of Sally Rooney’s new novel?
- Books
- January 17, 2021, 06:00
The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Irish writer on Costa short story shortlist; Irish Times Eason offer: The Hungry Road
- Books
- January 14, 2021, 16:29
A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary news

New Sally Rooney novel announced for September
- Books
- January 12, 2021, 14:00
Beautiful World, Where Are You follows Normal People and Conversations with Friends

The Books Quiz: Maria Edgeworth’s Castle Rackrent is set in which county?
- Books
- January 10, 2021, 06:15
The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

John Delaney exposé top Irish 2020 title as Old Ireland in Colour makes €1m sales
- Books
- January 5, 2021, 17:18
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse is overall bestseller

Eavan Boland wins posthumous Costa Poetry Award
- Books
- January 4, 2021, 19:30
Trinidadian authors Ingrid Persaud and Monique Roffey win novel awards

Books to look out for in 2021
- Books
- January 2, 2021, 06:10
A preview of this year’s most anticipated fiction, nonfiction and poetry

The Books Quiz: John le Carré’s George Smiley first appeared in which book?
- Books
- December 20, 2020, 06:15
Plus: Michael Connelly’s smoothie lawyer and Michael Harding’s debut novel

A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs is this weekend’s Irish Times Eason offer
- Books
- December 18, 2020, 12:59
A preview of tomorrow’s pages and round-up of the latest literary news

Edna O’Brien at 90: ‘To read her is to know love; of words, of literature and of life itself’
- Books
- December 15, 2020, 12:42
Writers pay tribute to one of Ireland’s greatest and most influential authors

The Books Quiz: Jonathan Franzen’s new novel shares a name with which TV soap?
- Books
- December 13, 2020, 06:00
Plus: Frank Ronan’s Irish Times winner and on first-name terms with Edna O’Brien

Browser: Predictable but engaging rugby autobiography
- Books
- December 12, 2020, 00:00
Brief reviews of Fuel by Seán O’Brien, and Deirdre Nuttall’s history of Irish Protestants

An Post Irish Book of the Year 2020 revealed
- Books
- December 10, 2020, 23:10
‘I’m overjoyed,’ says poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa, who wins for her acclaimed prose debut

The Books Quiz: What was Agatha Christie’s last Marple mystery?
- Books
- December 6, 2020, 06:10
Also: Debuts by Marian Keyes and Conor McPherson, plus a novel of Roger Casement

The best books of 2020: As chosen by Irish authors
- Books
- December 5, 2020, 06:00
Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, John Banville, Sarah Moss and others pick their favourites

Ireland’s bestselling books of 2020 revealed
- Books
- December 4, 2020, 16:00
Delia Owens, Sally Rooney, Marian Keyes and Graham Norton all feature in top 10

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin wins major Chinese poetry prize and €10,000 bottle of Baijiu
- Books
- December 3, 2020, 13:39
Edna O’Brien 90th birthday lecture; Kit de Waal joins UL; Maggie O’Farrell honoured

Banville criticised by fellow Booker winner for saying he despises ‘woke’ movement
- Books
- December 2, 2020, 06:00
Wide-ranging Hay Festival interview tackles crime fiction, religion and the Irish novel

The Books Quiz: Tina Turner’s new book is about her belief in which faith?
- Books
- November 29, 2020, 06:10
Plus: 2020 Irish Book Award winners and a world war’s blockbuster chronicler

Irish authors’ recipes to write home about
- Food & Drink
- November 28, 2020, 06:00
When not cooking up their next book, Irish writers work their magic in the kitchen

Stephen Sexton wins Rooney Prize and Jim McElroy wins Francis Ledwidge award
- Books
- November 26, 2020, 13:20
A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary news

An Post Irish Book Awards 2020: a celebration of great writing
- Books
- November 25, 2020, 20:25
Donal Ryan, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Graham Norton, Luke O’Neill and Dara McAnulty among winners

The Books Quiz: Name one prize Danielle McLaughlin has NOT won
- Books
- November 22, 2020, 06:15
Plus: Booker’s 2020 victor, a Shane MacGwan bio, Dostoevsky’s last epic novel

Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize for Shuggie Bain
- Books
- November 19, 2020, 19:55
Debut author is second Scot to win with very personal tale of poverty and addiction

The Books Quiz: Name the four ministries in George Orwell’s 1984
- Books
- November 15, 2020, 06:30
Plus: Joseph O’Connor’s martyred poet and Oddest Title of the Year contenders

Maggie O’Farrell and Dara McAnulty win Books Are My Bag awards
- Books
- November 12, 2020, 12:37
A preview of Saturday’s pages and roundup of the latest literary news and events

The Books Quiz: What gets deep fried in Roddy Doyle’s The Van?
- Books
- November 8, 2020, 06:10
Plus: Heaney’s rebel food, Maura Laverty’s saucy soap, a young author’s stir-fry

From Jane Eyre to Brideshead Revisited, writers pick classics to read in lockdown
- Books
- November 7, 2020, 06:10
Sarah Moss, John Banville, Lisa McInerney, Joseph O’Connor and more on books that have stood the test of time

The Books Quiz: Which Irish Times writer composed Monto (Take Her Up to Monto)?
- Books
- November 1, 2020, 10:14
Plus: TS Eliot’s rebel fan, a spymaster at Slough House, Jürgen Klopp’s biographer

Gatekeeper turns poacher as critic Sarah Gilmartin’s debut novel is announced
- Books
- October 30, 2020, 15:34
A round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of tomorrow’s books pages

The Books Quiz: Who imagined the UK going broke after leaving Europe?
- Books
- October 25, 2020, 06:15
Plus: Literary Dublin winner, An Post nominees, Kafka and Stoppard’s birthplaces

Wendy Erskine wins Butler Literary Award; Michael Amherst wins Hubert Butler Essay Prize
- Books
- October 23, 2020, 12:00
Shadowplay by Joseph O’Connor is tomorrow’s Irish Times Eason book offer

An Post Irish Book Awards 2020 shortlists revealed
- Books
- October 20, 2020, 12:30
Patrick Freyne, Dara McAnulty, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Graham Norton, Keelin Shanley and Marian Keyes shortlisted

The Books Quiz: Which poet has a Belfast pub named after him?
- Books
- October 18, 2020, 06:00
Plus: Abbey Theatre rejects, RTÉ’s Insurrection, an ‘elegant’ history of Brown Thomas

A reader offer, tomorrow’s books pages, an Oscar Wilde competition and much more
- Books
- October 16, 2020, 16:57
Elizabeth Boyle on her debut The Dark Age; Wonderfest; and Baillie Gifford Prize shortlist

Bina by Anakana Schofield shortlisted for £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize
- Books
- October 14, 2020, 20:00
Vancouver-based author secured British publisher after review in The Irish Times

The Books Quiz: What was The Irish RM’s actual name?
- Books
- October 11, 2020, 06:10
Plus: Louise Kennedy’s upcoming double header and John Banville’s old-school spy

A round-up of the latest literary news and preview of tomorrow’s books pages
- Books
- October 9, 2020, 16:51
The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue is Irish Times book offer at Eason

Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2020
- Books
- October 8, 2020, 12:05
American writer receives award for ‘her unmistakable poetic voice’

The Books Quiz: Fairytale of New York gets its name from a work by who?
- Books
- October 4, 2020, 06:15
Plus: Romeo’s original crush, a popular Scandi detective, the Barnes Booker

‘Witty, perceptive, provocative’: President leads tributes to poet Derek Mahon
- Books
- October 2, 2020, 13:00
Michael Longley, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Peter Fallon, Colm Tóibín, Vona Groarke, Colette Bryce and many more pay tribute

Dara McAnulty shortlisted for Books Are My Bag readers award
- Books
- October 1, 2020, 17:37
A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary news

The Books Quiz: Who wrote Naked Lunch?
- Books
- September 27, 2020, 06:00
Plus: What was the first name of the Brontë sisters’ brother

The Boy From the Woods by Harlan Coben is this week’s Irish Times Eason offer
- Books
- September 24, 2020, 17:40
A preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest literary news

The Books Quiz: Who wrote the famous line: ‘Hell is – other people!’
- Books
- September 20, 2020, 06:00
Plus: Irish name-dropping in The Great Gatsby, the author of At Swim, Two Girls

Eason offer; Irish book deals; festival news; Gallery at 50; Jan Carson shortlisted
- Books
- September 18, 2020, 16:39
A preview of tomorrow’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary news

The Books Quiz: What is Seamus Heaney's middle name?
- Books
- September 13, 2020, 06:00
Plus: Women’s Prize winner, following The Cow Book and who transalates Elena Ferrante’s novels into English?

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood is this weekend’s Irish Times Eason offer
- Books
- September 10, 2020, 12:38
A preview of Saturday’s books pages and roundup of the latest literary news

Thirty books to look out for this autumn
- Books
- September 9, 2020, 06:00
From Graham Norton's new novel to Mary McAleese’s memoir, here are our picks

The Books Quiz: What is the subtitle of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?
- Books
- September 6, 2020, 06:00
Plus: Irish shortlisted, the letter in The Scarlet Letter, Graham Norton’s birthplace

Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré is tomorrow’s Irish Times Eason offer
- Books
- September 4, 2020, 16:25
A preview of tomorrow’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary news

International Dublin Literary Award: Anna Burns among eight women on shortlist
- Books
- September 3, 2020, 00:01
Nobel Prize, Women’s Prize, Giller Prize and US National Book Award winners shortlisted

Books Quiz: In The Great Gatsby, where does Jay Gatsby live?
- Books
- August 30, 2020, 06:00
Plus: 2020 International Booker Prize winner and the first names of Goethe, Maupassant and Cervantes
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Eugene McCabe Q&A: ‘Having to leave Drumard would be a kind of death’
- Books
- August 27, 2020, 12:38
A quickfire interview from 2011 with the acclaimed author of Death and Nightingales

Eugene McCabe, author and playwright, dies, aged 90
- Books
- August 27, 2020, 11:39
Acclaimed author of King of the Castle, Death and Nightingales and Troubles screenplays

International Booker Prize 2020: Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins for debut novel
- Books
- August 26, 2020, 17:00
Debut novel inspired by brother's death makes Dutch writer, 29, youngest winner of translated fiction prize

Donal Ryan: ‘I’ve got one or two sneering reviews from fellow writers’
- Books
- August 16, 2020, 06:00
I felt they’d barely skimmed the books but were bitter about my ‘success’, says the novelist

Where in the world are you? How second World War letters inspired a novel
- Books
- August 12, 2020, 05:26
Historical novelist Hazel Gaynor turned a family tragedy into an exploration of loss

Cathy Sweeney and daughter Lucy Sweeney Byrne shortlisted for Butler Literary Award
- Books
- August 6, 2020, 12:20
A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary news

Historians pay tribute: ‘Today we live in John Hume’s Ireland, and thank God for that’
- Books
- August 4, 2020, 11:36
‘His extraordinary impact reflects the exceptional political leader and person he was’

John Hume: ‘He was our own Martin Luther King’
- Books
- August 4, 2020, 11:29
What John Hume meant to me: Irish writers, from Michael Longley to Lisa McGee, pay tribute

Book quiz: Which Irish author has won Britain's top crime fiction prize?
- Books
- August 2, 2020, 05:30
10 questions to test your literary knowledge

The 40 best Irish fictional characters – in order
- Culture
- August 1, 2020, 05:00
From Nidge and Connell Waldron to Gretta Conroy, Rashers Tierney and Pegeen Mike

Akin by Emma Donoghue is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offer
- Books
- July 30, 2020, 17:39
A preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary news

Booker Prize 2020: Colum McCann on longlist heavy with debuts and US authors
- Books
- July 28, 2020, 00:01
Hilary Mantel looks on course for Booker hat-trick with final part of Wolf Hall trilogy

Which books are likely to make this year’s Booker longlist tonight?
- Books
- July 27, 2020, 11:59
There are several strong Irish contenders for this year’s prize

The books quiz: Whose debut novel was The Hunt for Red October
- Books
- July 26, 2020, 06:00
Test your literary knowledge with 12 questions for 12 months

Belfast author Adrian McKinty wins major crime fiction prize
- Books
- July 23, 2020, 19:15
Theakston Old Peculier award goes to a Belfast author for two years in a row

Fleishman Is in Trouble is this week’s Irish Times Eason book offer
- Books
- July 23, 2020, 12:37
A preview of tomorrow’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary news

‘I think because of the pandemic readers are choosing propulsive and absorbing reads’
- Books
- July 23, 2020, 05:47
Olivia Kiernan on her latest novel, her writing life and the books she loves

The books quiz: Fever Pitch is about Nick Hornby’s love for which club?
- Books
- July 19, 2020, 06:00
10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Fleishman Is in Trouble is this week’s Irish Times Eason book offer
- Books
- July 17, 2020, 15:56
A preview of tomorrow’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary news

The books quiz: Who adapted his own crime novel for a BBC TV series?
- Books
- July 12, 2020, 06:00
10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Sarah Gilmartin and Alan Weadick win Mairtín Crawford awards
- Books
- July 9, 2020, 17:32
A preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the week’s literary news

The books quiz: Zadie Smith is married to which Irish writer?
- Books
- July 5, 2020, 06:00
10 questions to test your literary knowledge

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead is this week’s Irish Times Eason offer
- Books
- July 2, 2020, 20:00
A preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the week’s literary news

Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award won by Irish author for two years running
- Books
- July 2, 2020, 16:00
A Q&A with This Happy author Niamh Campbell, winner of £30,000 short story prize

Books of 2020: Max Porter, Emilie Pine, Sara Baume and more pick the best reads of the year so far
- Books
- June 30, 2020, 06:10
Maggie O’Farrell, Curtis Sittenfeld and Doireann Ní Ghríofa feature in our summer-friendly titles

The books quiz: Who was the alcoholic priest in Strumpet City?
- Books
- June 28, 2020, 01:00
10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Colson Whitehead: ‘I lacked imagination to conceive how terrible Trump would be’
- Books
- June 27, 2020, 06:31
The winner of two Pulitzer prizes on the exhausting task of writing about racism