Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland – A quaffable and comprehensive history that leaves the reader with a thirst for more
In a manner not unlike Forrest Gump, beer meets famous Irish characters through history, from St Brigid to Daniel O’Connell
By Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire
Author Neil Gaiman dropped by US comics publisher after sexual misconduct allegations
Solving the tragic mystery of the lost boys of Skellig Michael
The ‘other Americans’: 20 books that celebrate US literature’s rich diversity
The Whale Tattoo and The Gallopers by Jon Ransom: A pair of intriguing, imperfect novels
Confessions by Catherine Airey: A remarkably confident, complex and nuanced debut novel
Adrian Duncan: ‘I remember praying for a statue not to move because I didn’t want my world to be destroyed’
Crime fiction: Quirky killers, an offbeat cop and the grimier side of Paris and the Costa Blanca
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Roisín O’Donnell: ‘I became hyper-aware of the manipulative language used by abusive partners. I wanted to cut through that’
By Martin Doyle
Didier Fassin’s Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza
By Eugene Brennan
The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin – Silencing tactics in the Soviet Union
By Catherine Toal
Patria: Lost Countries of South America by Laurence Blair – Unearthing South America’s forgotten nations
By Tim Fanning
Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan: Insight, laughs and a heavy understanding of how difficult life is for young millennials and Gen Zs
By Edel Coffey
My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria by Andrée Blouin – An intense history of colonialism
By Colm McKenna
Otherworld by Lisa M Bitel: A joyous selection of Ireland’s oldest, lesser known folk tales
By Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
Season by George Harrison & Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison: A brace of novels that hit the back of the net
By John Boyne
Michael D Higgins leads tributes to Michael Longley: ‘One of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced’
By Martin Doyle
