Martina Evans
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The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offer
- Books
- April 11, 2019, 15:00
Coming up in this Saturday’s Irish Times, Bernard-Henri Lévy talks to Lara Marlowe and Ian McEwan is interviewed by Jonathan McAloon. John Boyne write(...)

Derek Mahon wins this year’s Irish Times Poetry Now award
- Poetry
- March 30, 2019, 10:20
The winner of this year’s Irish Times Poetry Now award is the Belfast-born poet Derek Mahon for Against the Clock (Gallery Press). This is the third t(...)

Culture Night 2018: Everything you need to know
- Culture
- September 19, 2018
Friday is Culture Night all over Ireland. Do you: (a) put on comfy shoes, arm yourself with the guide or the app and let loose, collapsing with exhaus(...)

Argos goes green . . . but for a house in the garden, try a big red affair
- Interiors
- May 26, 2018, 06:00
Argos goes green What with Chelsea just finished and Bloom just beginning and the arrival, finally, of some decent weather we’ve all gone garden mad.(...)

Get your own poem on Poetry Day Ireland
- Books
- April 27, 2017
Today marks Poetry Day Ireland, with more than 100 events around the country to celebrate our heritage in verse. One of the busiest spots will be Po(...)

Leonard Cohen: He’s our man
- Music
- November 11, 2016
Vona Groarke “Dear Vona Groarke, I’m happy you exist.” July 18, 2000. Signed (in blue ink), ‘Leonard Cohen’. We were two poets trying to make a go o(...)

Theo Dorgan wins Irish Times-Poetry Now award
- Culture
- March 21, 2015
The winner of this year’s Irish Times Poetry Now award is Cork-born poet Theo Dorgan for his collection, Nine Bright Shiners. The presentation of t(...)

In praise of Bridget O’Connor, by Martin Doyle
- Books
- March 6, 2015, 21:00
Having lived abroad for much of my adult life, I’d like to celebrate an emigrant Irish writer, in fact, the daughter of emigrants. To paraphrase Ki(...)

Poetry Now shortlist for best single volume by Irish poet
- Books
- January 31, 2015, 01:00
The shortlist for this year’s Irish Times Poetry Now Award has been announced.The award, now in its 10th year, is presented for the best single vol(...)

We have lift-off: Irish cultural calendar 2015
- Culture
- December 31, 2014, 03:00
JANUARY Yeats 2015 All year A national celebration of the life and work of the Nobel prize-winning poet, with an extensive programm(...)