Can a name determine our fate? Florence Knapp on her debut novel
Debut novelist Florence Knapp on her remarkable new novel, the influence of Irish authors on her work, and that long journey into publishing fiction
Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue: ‘In Ireland we start with the slagging. That is something I really treasure’
The writer discusses her first musical, being ‘a particularly bad extra’ and how Ireland, New York, Paris and Canada have influenced her
Naoise Dolan on The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue: Journeying into the past
Historical novel based on one day in 1895 features anarchists, artists and aristocrats
Fiction to look out for in 2025: From Eimear McBride to Ben Okri
Emma Donoghue, Joseph O’Connor and Colum McCann are just some of the big names with new books coming out in 2025. Here’s our pick of fiction for the year ahead
I wanted to write a book about Irish women’s writing. They told me to include men
If anything will embitter you, it is researching and writing a history of Irish women’s writing
Dublin Literary Award 2024: Solenoid, by Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu, wins €100,000 prize
Solenoid, published by Deep Vellum, is the first book translated from Romanian to win the award
The Pull of the Stars review: Sincere and sharply performed adaptation of Emma Donoghue novel
Play breaks little ground theatrically, but few will emerge unmoved or uninterested
Emma Donoghue: ‘With birth, it’s a real spin of the roulette wheel. Women’s lives have always been determined by this crapshoot’
The writer on her new stage adaptation of The Pull of the Stars, her novel set over three feverish days in the maternity ward of a Dublin hospital
Sebastian Barry and Emma Donoghue shortlisted for Dublin Literary Award 2024
Unusually varied list also includes Jonathan Escoffery’s debut, If I Survive You
Fourteen Days: Stories about pandemic shut-ins in New York from Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue
Big names such as Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue contribute
Gate Theatre unveils 2024 season, including world premiere of Emma Donoghue’s The Pull of the Stars
New community engagement programme to make the theatre ‘a more civic, open and democratic space’
Broadway cast laid off as Emma Donoghue’s Room ‘postponed indefinitely’
Actors were two weeks into rehearsals when the show, which was set to star the Tony-winning actor Adrienne Warren, was halted
Does the Irishness of a film matter? No, except when it does
Hugh Linehan: There was a time when debates about authentic Irishness had more of an edge
The Irish Times books of the year: Best fiction of 2022
Niamh Donnelly selects her favourite 16 novels and short-story collections from the past 12 months
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