The Guide: Peter Kay, Camila Cabello, Galway Film Fleadh and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
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John McGahern Book Prize shortlist revealed
Novels by Ferdia Lennon, Alan Murrin, Sinéad Gleeson and Anna Fitzgerald selected
Two Irish writers feature on £25,000 Walter Scott Prize shortlist
Kevin Barry’s The Heart in Winter and Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits make six-strong shortlist
Festivals in Ireland 2025: From Longitude to All Together Now - a guide to 80 of the best
From Brigit and Dublin Lunar New Year to Culture Night, Space Week and Cork Jazz Festival, here’s our round-up of cultural showcases to catch this year
Read this and weep: Books that made writers cry
John Boyne, Edel Coffey, Ferdia Lennon, Sarah Gilmartin and a dozen other authors and critics on books that had a profound emotional effect on them
Ferdia Lennon wins Wodehouse Prize and is one of several Irish authors on Nero Awards shortlists
Colin Barrett, Donal Ryan and London-Irish writer Orlaine McDonald make fiction shortlists
Ferdia Lennon wins Waterstones prize
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pages
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon: one of the most original debuts of the year
Madcap enthusiasm of author’s writing will win over many readers
Glorious Exploits author Ferdia Lennon: ‘Best writing advice? You can’t improve what you haven’t written’
The author of one of the best Irish debut novels in years on twisting the classics, literary pilgrimages and his cultural recommendations
Best new Irish writers: Hennessy Literary Awards shortlists, 2017
We name the 18 nominees for this year’s Emerging Poetry, First Fiction and Emerging Fiction prizes
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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