Fire by John Boyne: Monstrous surgeon at dark heart of this memorable novel will invade your dreams
The third novel of a cycle of four with abuse as their central theme makes for a powerful read
The 100 Archive: ‘The Irish design diaspora is truly global, yet their work is rarely recognised as Irish’
Irish Design Week 2024: Leading designers created the 100 Archive website to chart the past, present and future of the creative work that’s all around us
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout: When Lucy met Olive
Two of the author’s best-known characters cross paths for the first time in her latest novel
Richard Osman on the Thursday Murder Club film: ‘I got to see how handsome Pierce Brosnan is up close’
Author Richard Osman on taking his words to the big screen, his new crime novel We Solve Murders and creating characters with heart
Louis Lovett on The Maestro & the Mosquita: ‘I create the physical space on stage for the audience’s imagination’
Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: At the heart of Carmel Winters’s new play, with music by Oscar-winner Stephen Warbeck, is the non-vernal performance by Lovett
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers: Extraordinary insights into so-called ordinary lives
Chambers writes with honesty about human experience and the redemptive power of love
Bella Mackie: ‘I used to have a game with my family where we would talk about the perfect way to murder someone’
Author discusses her new novel, What a Way to Go, her interest in true crime and how she copes with anxiety
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak: A tribute to the power of language
This novel moves between continents, centuries, cultures and communities with intelligence and ease
All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker: a thriller, romance and crime novel that is plenty of book for everyone
This long book has a narrative that zips along in pacey, filmic beats, flowing seamlessly between genres
Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel: Remakes emigration and its impact on relationships in an invigorating shape
The novel sets out to dismantle the gender binary while also dissecting it, all the time riffing with energy and insight on nostalgia
James Shapiro: Theatre and democracy are mutually supportive – when one is in danger, both are in danger
In the theatre and in politics ideas are debated, says the US author, and when one is threatened, so is the other
Ravelling by Estelle Birdy: an immersive, imaginative debut
Wrapped inside slagging and hectic lives of a group of Dublin teenagers are moments of tenderness and understanding
‘I thought we could have fun by turning one of the landmark images on its head, filling it with women’
The School of Hibernia, an Irish, all-woman reimagining of Raphael’s School of Athens, showcases achievement, solidarity and perseverance
First Look: Inside the new Book of Kells Experience at Trinity College Dublin
More than a million people travel from around the world to see the medieval manuscript each year. The university hopes its new exhibition will spark fresh curiosity at home too
Gordon Snell on his wife, Maeve Binchy: ‘We rejoiced in each other’s successes. Neither of us felt at all jealous’
The two writers were perfectly suited to one another, as they quickly discovered after meeting. Snell will always appreciate his good fortune