Jane Casey
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Jane Casey: ‘Leaving Dublin was like getting a divorce. It was so painful’
- Books
- April 27, 2019, 06:00
On one fateful day in early 2009, Jane Casey found out she was pregnant with her first child, and only a few hours later, that she’d landed a publishi(...)

‘I’m doing downward dog in my PJs because a woman in Texas told me to’
- Fitness
- January 4, 2019, 06:01
“It’s always been my intention to create yoga for people who perhaps need it the most but perceive it the least,” says Adriene Mishler. “People who ar(...)

Why Irish crime fiction is in murderously good health
- Books
- July 25, 2018, 06:00
A familiar stereotype about crime novels is that they rely on a conservative sense of closure that restores order to the narrative but distorts images(...)

Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017
- Books
- November 2, 2017, 12:42
Here are the shortlisted entries for this year’s Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017. TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year The(...)

The Guyliner, Blind Date scourge, signs books deal
- Books
- January 19, 2017, 06:00
The Guyliner, who made his name with his satirical take on the Guardian’s Blind Date column, has signed a two-book deal with Little, Brown, for novel(...)

Anne Enright’s The Green Road wins top prize at Irish Book Awards
- Books
- November 25, 2015, 23:00
The Green Road by Anne Enright, a family saga that spans 25 years and three continents, has been chosen as the Eason Book Club Novel of the Year at(...)

Ireland’s other Law Library
- Books
- October 12, 2015, 09:53
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” This harsh sentencing from Shakespeare in Henry VI is one of many references to the legal profess(...)

Crime: A horrific truth beneath the surface of small-town America
- Books
- August 16, 2014, 01:00
Megan Abbott’s early novels, such as Die a Little and Queenpin, were critically acclaimed historical noirs with a feminist twist that put the genre’s (...)

Brought to Book: Jane Casey on Donna Tartt, Maeve Brennan and avoiding the twist
- Books
- June 22, 2014, 01:00
Born and brought up in Dublin, Jane Casey has been twice shortlisted for the Irish Crime Novel of the Year Award. The Kill, the fifth novel featuri(...)

Killer instinct: a golden age of Irish crime fiction
- Culture
- November 21, 2013, 01:00
Once upon a time, crime writers in Ireland were few and far between. These days it’s not so much a case of “whodunnit”, or even “who’s doing it”, as “(...)