Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle: A brash novel about early 2000s New York that finds treasure in the trash
Is this debut novel sometimes sloppy and occasionally bad? Perhaps, but to read it is a rush
Stephen King
Never Flinch by Stephen King: Prolific author in crime thriller mode
A novel that seems to add up to slightly less than the sum of its parts
Author Carmel Harrington: ‘I was 40 before I dared to start querying agents. After 47 rejections I decided to self-publish’
The writer on her lastest novel, The Stolen Child; being chosen to write an official Cold Feet tie-in; and her Dean Koontz motto for life
The Monkey review: Good old-fashioned disgusting fun. You’ll have a blast
Based on the Stephen King story, Osgood Perkins’s new film delivers spectacularly gruesome beheadings, eviscerations and disembowelment
Sarah Webb: By age 12, I was reading Stephen King and all kinds of dodgy horror books
The author on her childhood, the importance of reading from a young age, and the role libraries play in researching her new book
Show must go on in ‘great but very troubled’ Hollywood. But how?
After the wildfires, and amid calls for the ‘glitz’ of the Oscars to be cancelled, the LA entertainment industry is plotting its way forward
Social media taps into a dark human need to be mean to other people
As people – even Stephen King – flee the platform, discussion of where to move to feels underpinned by a sadness that the kind of virtual space they crave may no longer be possible
‘I took one pill and my whole body was gone’: Kathy Bates on opioids, ageing and selfish co-stars
Actor plays lead in new version of 1980s legal drama Matlock, which sees lawyer avenging her daughter, who has died of opioid overdose
’Salem’s Lot: An ominous foreboding precedes this Stephen King adaptation – for all the wrong reasons
From the perfunctory scene-setting to the dull, formless mess of generic action-horror that follows, little new is added
Stuart Neville: ‘Barely more than a generation beyond the Belfast Agreement, the Troubles are being sterilised’
The crime writer on his latest novel, his admiration for John Connolly, and his rock’n’roll sideline
Fifteen great audiobooks for your summer holidays and beyond
From Ann Patchett read by Meryl Streep to Anne Enright read by the author, there are plenty of books to curl up with this summer
The Movie Quiz: How many Stephen King adaptations have won an Oscar?
Plus: Which iconic old-timer shares his name with the doomed protagonist of Psycho?
Donald Trump is Stephen King’s Bible salesman made flesh
Horror author has sold 400 million books and has a remarkable knack for capturing aspects of the national mood
Crime fiction: from Slough House origin myth to Stephen King’s Mr Mercedes spin-off
New novels by Mick Herron, Stella Blómkvist, Stephen King, Victoria Selman and Richard Osman
I moved to a tiny cabin on a remote island with no running water: ‘Am I crazy?’
Charlotte Gale lost her business and her home, but now she owns an island that Stephen King called ‘a novel here, just waiting to be written’
‘I admire anyone who keeps going in the face of adversity’
Mullingar crime writer has published a dozen novels and sold in excess of two million copies
‘Join the club’: Bestselling writers show support after just two people attend debut author’s book launch
Neil Gaiman, Stephen King and Margaret Atwood share their similar experiences with debut author
Sissy Spacek: ‘Weinstein did some unsavoury things. He could never look at me after that’
The star of Carrie, Badlands and Coal Miner’s Daughter on her decades-long career
My daughter saw that scene of E.T. sick by the riverbank and it broke her
All parents make mistakes. The best we can do is try not to make the same mistake twice
Downton Abbey sequel a litmus test for Irish cinemas after Covid
Owners of cinema groups keen to see audiences return to watch on the big screen
Stephen King’s prolific writing will leave future generations grateful
Donald Clarke: Problem is not with the writer but with the smallness of the critics’ minds
Damien Owens: ‘People confuse seriousness with intelligence. Life is a comedy-drama’
The Monaghan-born writer on finding his voice and his fascination with other families
Mother’s Day: Ten of the best and worst moms in cinema
The fanatical mother of Carrie, the self-sacrificing Mildred Pierce, the baddass Sarah Connor
Paul Flynn: Three dishes to try before your new year’s diet
Enjoy one last blowout this weekend with this trio of delicious recipes
Irish businesses face torrent of change as climate crisis bites
From agriculture to energy, ambitious new targets will have far-reaching consequences
Cormac McCarthy (not) tweeting has been highlight of my summer so far
Karlin Lillington: Platform’s most recent stumble has given publications a delicious silly season angle
RL Stine has sold 400 million books: ‘And people say kids don’t read’
The Goosebumps author on his rules for writing and the new Fear Street films on Netflix
Stephen King: ‘I was very ill, on different medications, and I thought I was dead’
The novelist has adapted his novel Lisey’s Story as a TV series that's now streaming on Apple TV+
Tune in to tune out: authors on music and the writing process
Roddy Doyle, Sarah Crossan and Shane Hegarty on the role songs play in their craft
If the film's great, who cares if it's faithful to the book?
When confronted by the BBC’s noisy, modern version of The Pursuit of Love, harsh reality clashes with a long-held principle and this viewer finds himself fuming
An Irish playwright in New York: Lines remain unlearned, curtains unraised, seats unfilled
I’ll write to make the actors cry again – laugh, too. We’ll need a laugh after this
US Republicans are in for a vicious and open-ended struggle
US Politics: Republican moderates probably won’t prevail in battle for party’s soul
Patrick Freyne’s favourite art: Things that should be trash but are actually brilliant
Z Nation, The Monkees, Buffy and 2000AD are fine examples of brilliance by stealth
When I read in another language, a whole new part of my brain lights up
Start with something easy, don’t look up every word you don’t know, and other tips
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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