Vona Groarke wins 2024 Michel Déon Prize
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Stronger by Nicola Hanney: An unputdownable memoir about escaping coercive control
One-time partner of former garda Paul Moody generates a disoriented psychological state, comparable to being gaslighted, as she was
By Adrienne Murphy
Gliff by Ali Smith: Part allegory, part dystopian fiction, altogether thrilling
Shattered by Hanif Kureishi: Darkly funny insights into the indignities and anguish caused by sudden incapacitation
The Myth of American Idealism & America’s Fatal Leap 1991-2016: a gateway drug for critics of US foreign policy and a more complex critique
Suad Aldarra awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
Oliver Goldsmith: Remembering one of Ireland’s great writers, 250 years after his death
This Boy’s Heart by John Creedon: a rich and sophisticated evocation of a remarkable boyhood
‘We are living through the sixth extinction’: How contemporary Irish writers are pointedly addressing the climate crisis
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Crime fiction: John Banville’s Strafford and Quirke return, though lesser characters almost steal the show
By Elizabeth Mannion and Brian Cliff
Running From Office by Eoghan Murphy: a fine memoir built on a flimsy political career
By Eoin Ó Broin
Author Eliza Clark: ‘When you live in London you’re constantly at risk of seeing something mad and upsetting’
By Martin Doyle
Disaster Nationalism by Richard Seymour: A passionate call for an urgent change of course
By Ian Hughes
The Story of Tayto by Bobby Aherne and Crunch: An Ode to Crisps - Two books about the humble potato snack
By Brigid O'Dea
Felicity Hayes-McCoy: ‘So many of Ireland’s revolutionary women felt disillusioned and betrayed after the State was set up’
By Martin Doyle
