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Children of Radium by Joe Dunthorne: An excellent and unsettling excavation of family secrets
The book tackles dark subject matter with moral precision and a surprisingly keen sense of humour
By Ruby Eastwood
How to End a Story: Collected Diaries by Helen Garner review – ‘small, random stabs of extreme interestingness’ captured on the page
Bullaun Press wins Republic of Consciousness prize
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025: Miranda July, Elizabeth Strout and four debuts make shortlist
Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn: Remarkable debut collection that deserves to be considered among the best Irish books of the 21st century
The Bureau by Eoin McNamee: If you’re interested in what the Border truly means, read this exceptional novel
Granard Booktown: Creating a Dingle of the midlands
A Dictionary of Irish Saints by Pádraig Ó Riain: Wonderfully written and incredibly valuable
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Author Shane Hegarty: ‘I’m lucky to see the work done by teachers. They are undervalued’
By Martin Doyle
Abundance; The Care Economy; The Measure of Progress: ‘The old is dying and the new cannot be born’
By Vic Duggan
‘The city is always changing but this is the Dublin of now’: Declan Meade on capturing the capital in words and prose
By Róisín Ingle
Putting Wales First by Richard Wyn Jones: Thinking for Wales - An exciting read with global relevance
By Angela Graham
Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint – An empathetic and evenly paced treatment of the medieval saint
By Andrew Roycroft
Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts: A climate-change novel weighed down by a deluge of soupy prose
By Huda Awan
Irish Times readers pick Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These as the best Irish book of the 21st century
By Ella Sloane
