Book review: Enthralling collection of essays from the acclaimed novelist Rachel Kushner

Book review: Megan Nolan’s ‘raw’ debut novel of a young woman’s awakening

The Irish writer is one of the best regarded of her generation

He knew this because, when he started writing The Commitments, he knew it was good

Out this month, The Cockroach sees a man wake up as prime minister, hellbent on a mission to carry out the will of the people

Tanguy de Toulgoët’s Co Laois plot is a flower-filled, hugely productive family garden

Important to deadhead, water and liquid feed container-grown flowering plants

Cat Person author Kristen Roupenian’s short stories chronicle modern sexual politics

Top Irish writers part of Folio Academy which say prizes should be closed to US novelists

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

The Dubliner on the savagery of school, how being famous is easy in Ireland, and getting older

‘Big’ may have seduced Man Booker 2015 judges, while Anne Enright left on longlist

New novels from Milan Kundera, Paul Murray and Nuala Ní Chonchúir are among the season's highlights

No editor has time to look at a novel twice. Leading editors offer advice to help writers make the most of their one shot