Gary Browning tries to explain the mechanics of Murdoch’s ability to bewitch readers

Hart harnessed early tragedy to become a publisher, writer, poetry promoter and television producer

‘Milkman’ author has been praised for her ‘dazzingly inventive’ writing approach

As everything turns a deathly brown, it feels unpatriotic to favour any other season

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

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

Organ donation, Liffey Swim and first sitting of the Dáil will also be marked

Film star Grace Kelly's roots prompted her to collect Irish literature, including rare editions of Joyce, Beckett and Shaw

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 English didn’t break Irish women’s spirit. Ireland does that all by itself, writes Anthea McTeirnan, in our series on the relationship between Ireland and Britain

The Dublin-born author’s passionate, promiscuous nature is laid bare in this well-edited collection, as are her conflicted views on Ireland, ‘island of spells, provincial pigsty’

Irish Women Writers: one of the great writers in English, her relationship as a southern Protestant exile with the land of her birth, as explored in both her fiction and personal life, was conflicted but fascinating

PD James: August 3rd, 1920 - November 27th, 2014

Merrion Square has a selection of sharp, new, modern sculptures – and one buried secret

Paperback review

The rewards of being a writer outweigh the wages she earned as a Manhattan lawyer

Telegraph top 20 British novels features five Irish authors

Can either science or philosophy provide a satisfactory definition of personhood?