Martin Doyle

Martin Doyle

Books Editor

Martin Doyle is Books Editor of The Irish Times.

Sheila O’Flanagan: Losing family members makes you aware of how fragile our connections are

Ahead of her latest release Secrets Between Friends, author talks about loss, the challenges facing female writers and snobbery in the industry

Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride win Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize

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

Neil Tully’s The Visit: ‘I wrote the sort of novel I like to read – a small town, a sense of trouble lurking’

The first-time novelist talks inspiration, the influence of JFK on Ireland, and troubled outcasts

Seán Hewitt on Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist

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Anna Burns: ‘When I got damaged in surgery, nothing else mattered. I’ve always lived in survival mode’

The Booker Prize-winning author on writing through the pain, growing up in Belfast’s Murder Triangle and getting sober after leaving the ‘boozy’ city for London

Sarah Crossan: ‘Meeting amazing teenagers was a highlight of being Laureate na nÓg’

Author’s new novel Gone for Good is one of three verse thrillers and is based in the Adirondack mountains

Cúirt festival line-up revealed

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€11,000 Moth Poetry Prize 2026 shortlist revealed

Read the shortlisted poems: After Athenry by Ronald Carson; The Fall, 1989 by Elena Croitoru-Reed; Delinquent by Juleus Ghunta; and Shazaya by Adam Oliver

Author Henrietta McKervey: ‘I do like a good murder’

Author’s new novel, The Woman in the Water, is inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca

Gethan Dick wins Kate O’Brien Award

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

Two Irish authors on Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist

Kit de Waal and Wendy Erskine nominated for award worth £30,000

Here’s what you’ll be reading in 2026, according to Irish booksellers

With new titles due from the likes of Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Colm Tóibín and Donal Ryan, booksellers expect 2026 to be a ‘bumper year’

Author Cathy Kelly: ‘I doubt there’s a writer alive who hasn’t used personal battles in their work’

If you’re absolutely full of fear and anxiety, sit down and find a pen/laptop, says seasoned novelist

Big book deals for three Irish writers

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

International Booker Prize 2026: The longlist in full

Longlist features two books first published in their original languages more than 30 years ago

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