One Man in His Time by NM Borodin: Powerful memoir of horror after Russia’s October 1917 revolution
Unsparing depiction of life under the brutal purges of Josef Stalin’s totalitarian rule
By Ray Burke
Christopher Hill: The Life of a Radical Historian by Michael Braddick – A sometimes dry but sensitive account of Hill’s political developments
Poem of the Week: Landscape with Factory
Andrew Krivák wins Moth Poetry Prize
Threshold: when Belfast was home to a leading Irish literary journal
Sally Rooney: ‘I enjoy writing about men ... the dangerous charisma of the oppressor class’
The Big Fight by Dave Hannigan: Account of Muhammad Ali in Croke Park a strange time capsule of 1970s Ireland
Naoise Dolan’s verdict on One Boat by Jonathan Buckley: An experiment that doesn’t entirely hold water
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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
Author Oisín Fagan: ‘The Irish have gone everywhere and been among the best and the worst’
By Martin Doyle
