Eimear Mcbride

Why is Irish literature thriving? Because its writers and publishers take risks

Whether from Sally Rooney or Edna O’Brien, experimentalism has never frightened Irish readers

‘I can’t do thrillers or spy novels or genre fiction. I just get bored'

The author Colm Tóibín discusses female Irish novelists, families, and when he wishes he had a TV

In a lot of ways, RTÉ's Twink tribute depicts her as a whistleblower

Patrick Freyne: Twink seems to have her own studio audience in her house

An Evening with Edna O’Brien tops One City One Book 2019 events

Programme launched for Dublin festival, this year celebrating ‘The Country Girls Trilogy’

St Brigid’s Day: Irish women to be celebrated around the world

Events celebrating female talent to take place from London to Warsaw to Washington

Slip of a Fish review: An impressive portrait of motherhood, loss and mental fragility

Amy Arnold debut examines trauma and the resulting breakdown in communication

Guardian’s modern Ireland book recommendations are ‘bllcks’

Irish writers have poured scorn on a Guardian listing of books that define Ireland

From Notre Dame to Haji Ali Dargah Mosque, a parade of holy places in fiction

Since Chaucer there has been a rich tradition of writers inspired by religious buildings

100 books by women you have to read

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

Peach review: Emma Glass’s visceral debut bears strange fruit

An extraordinary, powerful debut that looks at the aftermath of a rape

Eimear McBride on Edna O’Brien’s ‘rigorous, beautiful’ The Country Girls

This famous, infamous, beloved and influential novel didn’t break the mould. It made it

Eimear McBride takes fiction prize in British literary awards

Irish author wins one of the £10,000 James Tait Black Prizes, awarded in Edinburgh

Forget the Wild Atlantic Way: here are the Northern Literary Lands

Seán Doran and Liam Browne want people in the Border counties to celebrate their shared literary heritge

Fractal fiction: measuring the sentences in Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake’

Scientists analysed sentence lengths in 100 great literary works and found clear patterns

Writers’ response to climate change a theme of Cúirt festival

Key environmental issues will be discussed at week-long literary event in Galway

Thien leads shortlist for Baileys Women’s prize for Fiction

Three British writers among contenders as some big names omitted from final list

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