The Irish Times

The good old days are back: opium, fancy hats, colonialism and well-lit sex

Patrick Freyne: The Luminaries looks great and has spirited acting, but what is it trying to be?

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 05:00

Emma. review: It’s cool but it’s no Clueless

Review: Anya Taylor-Joy suffers as too-cool direction get in the way of a pretty enough diversion

Thu Feb 13 2020 - 06:00

Booker winner Anna Burns thanked by food bank and housing charity

Author mentioned charities that helped her in prize-winning novel’s acknowledgments

Thu Oct 18 2018 - 10:02

Five Irish novels on Impac longlist

Books nominated by public libraries for consideration include 142 novels

Mon Nov 24 2014 - 12:41

Hard truths and hot faces in creative writing

Having given up my legal career in Dublin to pursue a master’s in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, now I am faced with the realities of my new path

Fri Aug 08 2014 - 01:00

Questions for Cúirt after middling performance

Competition is fierce on the literary festival circuit and on the evidence of last weekend Cúirt needs to do more to set itself apart

Tue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00

Poetry of Rita Ann Higgins on Cúirt literary trail in Galway

Booker prize winning author among participants in week-long event

Wed Apr 09 2014 - 08:40

The appeal of Garth Brooks is destined to remain a mystery to people like us

Opinion: The tapenade-eaters are always going to remain immune to the charms of ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’

Sat Feb 01 2014 - 00:01

New faces of 2013

What a difference a year makes: the new faces of 2013

Sat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00

That’s entertainment: our bumper TV, film and music roundup

Brian Boyd and Emma Somers root through a bumper crop of TV, film and music to find gift ideas for the loved one who thinks they’ve seen it all

Thu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00

New Zealand author Eleanor Catton wins Booker prize

‘The Luminaries’ trumps Irish writer Colm Tóibín’s ‘The Testament of Mary’, his third nomination

Wed Oct 16 2013 - 07:51

Video: Eleanor Catton wins the Booker with The Luminaries

A sprawling narrative from the 19th-century has taken the last Booker prize of its kind

Wed Oct 16 2013 - 01:00

Fancy a flutter on the Man Booker? Or a punt on the Mercury music prize?

Gambling on culture is big business – and there’s an extra incentive for manipulating the odds

Sat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00

Colm Tóibín sole Irish contender on exciting Booker shortlist

Although The Voyage, by Murray Bail, failed to make even the longlist, this is an exciting selection

Wed Sept 11 2013 - 01:06

Eleanor Catton: a luminous new star in the literary constellation

New Zealand author Eleanor Catton is not yet 28, but her second novel is one of the favourites for this year’s Man Booker Prize

Wed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00

Will it be third-time lucky for Tóibín?

Irish writer makes Man Booker shortlist again as McCann and Ryan lose out

Tue Sept 10 2013 - 16:20

Three Irish novelists on tenterhooks over Booker shortlist

Donal Ryan, Colm Tóibín and Colum McCann hope to be among six nominees

Mon Sept 09 2013 - 22:15

Three Irish authors make Man Booker longlist

Jim Crace’s ‘Harvest’ hard to beat despite interesting list

Wed Jul 24 2013 - 01:00