Tips for budding authors and poets, from beating writer’s block to finding an agent

Sound Off: Claire Hennessy, writer

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

JK Rowling put a witty fantasy into the structure of a classic boarding school story

Writers, poets, friends and fans reflect on Leonard Cohen’s words, music and work

Reviews: ‘Goodnight Everyone’, ‘Nothing!’, ‘A Child of Books’, ‘The Bone Sparrow’ and ‘Non Pratt’s Unboxed ’

Megan Abbott delivers another intense thriller about the unknowable world of teenage girls

Reviews: ‘The Dead Bird’, ‘Run with the Wind’, ‘Wonderboy’, ‘What’s a Girl Gotta Do?’

From the firmly established satirical website Waterford Whispers News to the new literary journal Banshee, Ireland’s new generation of alternative publications are making an impact by offering something different

Asking For It engages the media and popular culture but also its own field, YA, which since the 1950s has pushed boundaries and explored adolescence in edgy, realistic ways

With their open door policy, Irish literary journals often offer new writers their first break and more established ones a platform and the chance to think outside the box

Viewer ratings may have dropped since its debut, but make no mistake: this show is great value

Experts discuss the YA fiction scene – the ‘John Green effect’, the ‘Katniss effect’ and unhappy endings