The Books Quiz: A world map as seen from Corkadoragha shows which US cities?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Mar 07 2021 - 06:00
Kate O’Brien Award; Niamh Mulvey book deal; Eason Must Reads and book offerA preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Mar 04 2021 - 16:32
Edna O’Brien honoured with France’s highest cultural distinction90-year-old author joins Bono and Heaney as Commandeur of Ordre des Arts et LettresTue Mar 02 2021 - 17:15
Eason book offer; Saturday’s pages; Walter Scott and Jean Monnet Prizes; Cairde WordA round-up of the latest literary newsThu Feb 25 2021 - 11:30
The Books Quiz: What is Rumpole’s favourite poetry book?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Feb 21 2021 - 06:00
Irish children’s authors and bookshops up for prizes; Saturday’s books pages previewA round-up of the latest literary newsThu Feb 18 2021 - 11:14
The Books Quiz: Which Irish writer was once lead singer with Toasted Heretic?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Feb 14 2021 - 06:05
‘There’s an Ireland that rarely gets into books: the lower-middle class who play golf and bridge’In a powerful new novel, Conor O’Callaghan follows an emigrant’s road trip with his daughterSat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00
Johnny Rogan, leading music biographer, dies, aged 67London Irish writer was famous for his attention to detail and clash with MorrisseyFri Feb 12 2021 - 11:08
Liz Nugent receives UCD’s Literary and Historical Society James Joyce awardSaturday’s books pages; Literature Ireland podcasts; RoC longlist; BND Magazine; Between The Red LinesThu Feb 11 2021 - 10:59
Three Irish writers on £30,000 Rathbones Folio Prize shortlistWinner will be announced on March 24thWed Feb 10 2021 - 19:20
The Books Quiz: Who wrote The Dig, now adapted for Netflix?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Feb 07 2021 - 06:15
A round-up of the latest literary news and preview of Saturday’s books pagesEason book offer; TCD Beckett archive; Listowel deadline; HarperCollins appointmentThu Feb 04 2021 - 13:29
The Books Quiz: Who is the poet laureate who read at Joe Biden’s inauguration?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jan 31 2021 - 06:15
Danielle McLaughlin: ‘I’m anxious and an introvert. That can be helpful when making fiction’Cork writer on her heralded debut novel, self-doubt and writing with autismSat Jan 30 2021 - 05:57
Monique Roffey wins £30,000 Costa Book of the Year AwardA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Jan 28 2021 - 13:34
A host of books to watch out for in 2021 – all from independent publishersFrom an Irish coastal atlas to unsettling tales, civil war and Neil Jordan’s runaway slaveMon Jan 25 2021 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: What is Bram Stoker’s Dracula short story called?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jan 24 2021 - 06:00
Naoise Dolan and Caoilinn Hughes on Dylan Thomas Prize longlistA roundup of the latest literary news and preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Jan 21 2021 - 13:21
The Books Quiz: What is the name of Sally Rooney’s new novel?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jan 17 2021 - 06:00
Irish writer on Costa short story shortlist; Irish Times Eason offer: The Hungry RoadA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Jan 14 2021 - 16:29
New Sally Rooney novel announced for SeptemberBeautiful World, Where Are You follows Normal People and Conversations with FriendsTue Jan 12 2021 - 14:00
The Books Quiz: Maria Edgeworth’s Castle Rackrent is set in which county?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jan 10 2021 - 06:15
John Delaney exposé top Irish 2020 title as Old Ireland in Colour makes €1m salesThe Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse is overall bestsellerTue Jan 05 2021 - 17:18
Eavan Boland wins posthumous Costa Poetry AwardTrinidadian authors Ingrid Persaud and Monique Roffey win novel awardsMon Jan 04 2021 - 19:30
Books to look out for in 2021A preview of this year’s most anticipated fiction, nonfiction and poetrySat Jan 02 2021 - 06:10
The Books Quiz: John le Carré’s George Smiley first appeared in which book?Plus: Michael Connelly’s smoothie lawyer and Michael Harding’s debut novelSun Dec 20 2020 - 06:15
A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs is this weekend’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of tomorrow’s pages and round-up of the latest literary newsFri Dec 18 2020 - 12:59
Edna O’Brien at 90: ‘To read her is to know love; of words, of literature and of life itself’Writers pay tribute to one of Ireland’s greatest and most influential authorsTue Dec 15 2020 - 12:42
The Books Quiz: Jonathan Franzen’s new novel shares a name with which TV soap?Plus: Frank Ronan’s Irish Times winner and on first-name terms with Edna O’BrienSun Dec 13 2020 - 06:00
Browser: Predictable but engaging rugby autobiographyBrief reviews of Fuel by Seán O’Brien, and Deirdre Nuttall’s history of Irish ProtestantsSat Dec 12 2020 - 00:00
An Post Irish Book of the Year 2020 revealed‘I’m overjoyed,’ says poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa, who wins for her acclaimed prose debutThu Dec 10 2020 - 23:10
The Books Quiz: What was Agatha Christie’s last Marple mystery?Also: Debuts by Marian Keyes and Conor McPherson, plus a novel of Roger CasementSun Dec 06 2020 - 06:10
The best books of 2020: As chosen by Irish authorsRoddy Doyle, Anne Enright, John Banville, Sarah Moss and others pick their favouritesSat Dec 05 2020 - 06:00
Ireland’s bestselling books of 2020 revealedDelia Owens, Sally Rooney, Marian Keyes and Graham Norton all feature in top 10Fri Dec 04 2020 - 16:00
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin wins major Chinese poetry prize and €10,000 bottle of BaijiuEdna O’Brien 90th birthday lecture; Kit de Waal joins UL; Maggie O’Farrell honouredThu Dec 03 2020 - 13:39
Banville criticised by fellow Booker winner for saying he despises ‘woke’ movementWide-ranging Hay Festival interview tackles crime fiction, religion and the Irish novelWed Dec 02 2020 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: Tina Turner’s new book is about her belief in which faith?Plus: 2020 Irish Book Award winners and a world war’s blockbuster chroniclerSun Nov 29 2020 - 06:10
Irish authors’ recipes to write home aboutWhen not cooking up their next book, Irish writers work their magic in the kitchenSat Nov 28 2020 - 06:00
Stephen Sexton wins Rooney Prize and Jim McElroy wins Francis Ledwidge awardA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Nov 26 2020 - 13:20
An Post Irish Book Awards 2020: a celebration of great writingDonal Ryan, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Graham Norton, Luke O’Neill and Dara McAnulty among winnersWed Nov 25 2020 - 20:25
The Books Quiz: Name one prize Danielle McLaughlin has NOT wonPlus: Booker’s 2020 victor, a Shane MacGwan bio, Dostoevsky’s last epic novelSun Nov 22 2020 - 06:15
Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize for Shuggie BainDebut author is second Scot to win with very personal tale of poverty and addictionThu Nov 19 2020 - 19:55
The Books Quiz: Name the four ministries in George Orwell’s 1984Plus: Joseph O’Connor’s martyred poet and Oddest Title of the Year contendersSun Nov 15 2020 - 06:30
Maggie O’Farrell and Dara McAnulty win Books Are My Bag awardsA preview of Saturday’s pages and roundup of the latest literary news and eventsThu Nov 12 2020 - 12:37
The Books Quiz: What gets deep fried in Roddy Doyle’s The Van?Plus: Heaney’s rebel food, Maura Laverty’s saucy soap, a young author’s stir-frySun Nov 08 2020 - 06:10
From Jane Eyre to Brideshead Revisited, writers pick classics to read in lockdownSarah Moss, John Banville, Lisa McInerney, Joseph O’Connor and more on books that have stood the test of timeSat Nov 07 2020 - 06:10
The Books Quiz: Which Irish Times writer composed Monto (Take Her Up to Monto)?Plus: TS Eliot’s rebel fan, a spymaster at Slough House, Jürgen Klopp’s biographerSun Nov 01 2020 - 10:14
Gatekeeper turns poacher as critic Sarah Gilmartin’s debut novel is announcedA round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of tomorrow’s books pagesFri Oct 30 2020 - 15:34
