Joseph Conrad

Few directors have made so many films that touch on the status of masterpiece

William Melville created the blueprint for the popular culture spy we know today

John Gray explores fixed idea, unquestioning atheism in his new book Seven Types of Atheism

‘Most of the books we sell are to Ireland but the more expensive books tend to go abroad’

Former BBC foreign correspondent expresses concern over ‘celebrification’ of news agenda’

Putin’s macho authoritarianism, disdain for press, and mockery of truth has installed itself in Trump’s America

On the centenary of his tragic execution, it is worth recalling the rebel’s adventurous life

The theatre company’s latest show explores the legacy of the Manchester bombing

Michael Dervan: Two evenings of music and words as part of Ireland 2016 got me thinking about the links that were missed

For their collaboration commemorating the Rising at the NCH, Colm Tóibín and Donnacha Dennehy have focused on the uneasy time when Casement and Conrad shared quarters in the Belgian colony

Interview: The Bosnian-American writer’s new novel is a comedy with tragedy at its heart: the main characters have all been destroyed by state-sponsored conflicts

This darkly funny debut novel from a former Dublin mortician offers a unique perspective on dying

For Africa Day, Eileen Battersby selects 13 classic novels set in Africa but written by outsiders, including several Irish authors

Spy thriller is a labour of loyalty to the underrated and original Johnson

A fresh insight into Mr Blythe’s economic stewardship has been highlighted by the discovery of a rare copy of Dracula “as Gaeilge”

The journalist may be 66 and less gonzo than before, but rage still fuels his cutting-edge prose

Colombian writer takes the €100,000 prize for The Sound of Things Falling

Richard Mosse’s dispatches from Congo, in ‘The Enclave’ at the Royal Hibernian Academy, dispense with familiar styles of war-zone reportage to show life in the raw

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