Eileen Battersby

The late Eileen Battersby was the former literary correspondent of The Irish Times. She wrote about all aspects of the arts, as well as archaeology, historical geography and architectural history, and particularly championed fiction in translation. Four-time Arts Journalist of the Year, she also won the Critic of the Year award and published three books: Second Readings, Ordinary Dogs and a novel, Teethmarks on My Tongue, published by Dalkey Archive Press.

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‘I’m haunted by my mother’: The late Edna O’Brien, interviewed by the late Eileen Battersby

The Irish Times journalist, who died in 2018, interviewed O’Brien – who has died aged 93 – in her London home in 2006

Mon Jul 29 2024 - 15:33

Brother in Ice by Alicia Kopf review: Polar expedition journeys to centre of the self

Debut by Catalan multimedia artist is brisk philosophical narrative with sharp set pieces

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 06:15

The Lost Country review: an unfinished novel of dazzling interludes

William Gay’s Dickensian feel for character makes even this rambling story surge with life

Sat Jul 21 2018 - 06:10

Vernon Subutex 2 by Virginie Despentes: more vicious wit and stark insight

This fast-flowing sequel continues the search for hero Vernon, who is in full-blown freefall

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00

Paul Simon at the RDS: 'Maybe I’ll just keep coming to Dublin'

Songs sung a thousand times lose none of their mystique at Paul Simon's farewell concert in Dublin

Fri Jul 13 2018 - 23:12

Paul Simon: Farewell and thank you to a near mythic troubadour

Paul Simon’s last Irish concert the RDS Dublin will be an intense, emotional evening

Fri Jul 13 2018 - 06:27

The English Patient review: Love and loss in the desert fires

From the archive: Eileen Battersby’s review of ‘The English Patient’ by Michael Ondaatje, originally published on September 12th, 1992

Sun Jul 08 2018 - 20:50

Why Michael Ondaatje’s ‘The English Patient’ deserved the Golden Man Booker

Special accolade celebrates 50th anniversary of the literary prize

Sun Jul 08 2018 - 20:47

Who should – and who will – win the Golden Man Booker?

Eileen Battersby weighs up the shortlist for Sunday’s award to mark 50 years of the prize

Fri Jul 06 2018 - 17:39

Anne Tyler: the human face of America

Her 22nd novel, ‘Clock Dance’, is not just very good. It reminds readers of the Founding Fathers’ core values

Wed Jul 04 2018 - 06:00

Roger Bannister: The fastest and finest - by a mile

It's 50 years since Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile. The romance of his achievement will live on forever

Sun Mar 04 2018 - 12:10

Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne review: One of the books of the year, if not the decade

Bold and sophisticated, this thrilling, magnificently audacious picaresque is about France and is also about all of us

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 06:00

Mrs Osmond by John Banville: An entertaining homage to Henry James