Wild Fictions by Amitav Ghosh: Sparkling and wise writing about the state of the world
Despite his bleak prognosis, the intellectual is still trying to make connections between different peoples
By Kevin Rafter
Wired Our Own Way edited by Niamh Garvey: Captures the challenges and advantages of autism in a neurotypical world
Author Kit de Waal on storytelling: ‘You’ve got to be as good as Martin Scorsese’
Gaming, fandom, and therapy-speak: April’s YA titles explore contemporary adolescent culture
Burn Them Out! A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc
Author Catherine Ryan Howard: ‘A great cure for writer’s block is having to cover the rent’
Eden’s Shore by Oisín Fagan: Labyrinthine novel brimming with life
Wild Grace: The Untamed Women of Modern Dance – An uneven celebration of radical feminist power
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One Man in His Time by NM Borodin: Powerful memoir of horror after Russia’s October 1917 revolution
By Ray Burke
The Big Fight by Dave Hannigan: Account of Muhammad Ali in Croke Park a strange time capsule of 1970s Ireland
By NJ McGarrigle
Naoise Dolan’s verdict on One Boat by Jonathan Buckley: An experiment that doesn’t entirely hold water
By Naoise Dolan
John Boyne on Fair Play by Louise Hegarty: A witty debut that celebrates the golden age of crime novels
By John Boyne
Cúirt literature festival at 40: ‘There is a sense of an Irish writing culture exploding around the world’
By Bernadette Fallon
The Forest is the Path by Gary Lightbody: Moving, lyrical and more than just a companion book to Snow Patrol’s album
By Adam Wyeth
