Dorothy Parker

Frank McNally: An Irishman’s Diary

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

The news that Spielberg is remaking ‘West Side Story’ drew some fire, but some of our best-loved films are remakes or ‘fresh’ adaptations of original novels. Need we go on?

The Westmeath resident and son of Irish parents felt no sentiment towards Ireland

A powerful debut about a doomed romance recalls the novels of Donal Ryan

Eileen Battersby reviews The Long-Winded Lady, Maeve Brennan’s New Yorker sketches, as part of our extensive coverage marking today's centenary of her birth

Studies show that swearing eases pain, is cathartic, helps bonding and lets off destructive steam... but beware of overuse, lest you lessen the effect

The three times US poet laureate is in residence at the Kilkenny Arts Festival

Singles are swelling in numbers: the last census indicated there are 392,000 one-person households in Ireland. So why does the idea that singledom is a bold choice for women persist?

Brought to Book Q&A: Author of The Kind Worth Killing on Harry Potter, Lucky Jim and his other favourite reads

Lee Israel: December 3rd, 1939 - December 24th, 2014

Jackson Pollock puked there, Dylan wrote lyrics there, Nancy Spungen was killed there – could a space as chaotic as the New York hotel exist today?

Trashing other books on the best-seller list . . . Teasing Dublin waitresses . . . There’s a sense of devilment about Sedaris, an arch humorist whose stories are a lesson in precision writing

The flapper women of the 1920s blazed a vibrant – and scandalous – trail