Elizabeth Bowen

Donald Clarke: Nobody dares hug you now. The chances of a fraternal kiss are slimmer still. It’s great

Stories will need to establish whether they are set before, during or after the pandemic

After a careful refurb, Doneraile Court is open to visitors after being closed for decades

Four poets on how they take ‘home’ with them wherever they go

Extraordinary Emigrants: Writer was a chronicler of her class in its dying days

Maynooth conference takes in the Gibtons, Laval Nugent and Elizabeth Bowen

US author James Mustich says the book that took him 14 years to write should be thought of as a kind of imaginary bookshop

The city is full of ghosts ... in the house where Wilde grew up, the library where Yeats studied

The Annesleys have been at the Co Cork estate since the early 1600s but as the OPW takes over, it’s time to move on

Obituary: Judith Jones, editor, born March 10th, 1924; died August 2nd, 2017

Irish Times Blook Club: Novelist has chronicled the family across a century of troubled Irish history

The BBC, formed in the same year as the Irish Free State, became an imaginary homeland for Irish writers from Yeats and MacNeice to Beckett and Bowen

‘The Hidden Ireland’ book shows 20 country houses evolving elegantly to meet modern needs

The Women’s Podcast celebrates its 100th episode with 100 quotes by and about women in Ireland

From ‘Dress suitably, and buy a revolver’ and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'

In the final part of our series on influential books by women writers, we focus on Irish authors

The great, caustic and conflicted chronicler of a lost society of big houses, hunting and celebrity, Molly Keane comes to life again in a biography by her daughter Sally Phipps

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

Ulster poet had a ‘dramatic, engaged, fruitful literary life right to the end of his days’

The collective works in our series show how molten and defiant Irish artworks can be

Restored gardens of the Co Cork demesne to re-open in 2017

The rise of Islamic populism was the price of more democracy

The Shelbourne hotel is ready to face the next 100 years following a facade restoration

The Cork artist had his critics, but his sexuality was not the issue

Three out of four feel no emotional connection to Dublin. It's time we showed it some love

The Irish Times literary editor was one of 82 foreigners polled by the BBC to choose the 100 best British novels. Read how he got on

‘First Editions’ in Dublin’s Ballsbridge is a popular destination for book lovers

The writer used her unique imagination to devastating effect in these stories

Are you being served? The column that looks at stock, style and service in Irish shops

‘Dublin gave us opportunity . . . it was a fantastic time to be around’

Irish Women Writers: ‘Bowen’s writing exposes the arduousness of being modern. Her art is typified by a linguistic poise echoing her characters’ desire to manage emotion’

With the Dublin Theatre Festival kicking off this week, here are ten playwrights who have also penned novels

Barrett is just second Irish winner of the €25,000 prize, after Edna O’Brien

`Use it or lose it'

When Yiyun Li left China, at the age of 24, she couldn’t speak English. Now, nearly two decades later, she is recognised as one of its most perceptive contemporary writers

After a huge response to our feature on great opening lines, we’ve assembled our favourite openers posted by readers

Best-selling novelist and playright was one of Ireland’s most recognisable writers

An insightful chronicle describes a daughter’s struggle to emerge from the shadow of her famous father, the writer Séan O’Faolain

Historical understanding of the Emergency has diminished