Galway writer signs six-figure dealEd O’Loughlin and Sara Baume shortlisted for major awards; BBC to adapt Tana French novels for Dublin Murders TV seriesWed Oct 04 2017 - 16:00
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty is October’s Irish Times Book Club pickEdgar Award-winning thriller is fifth in Sean Duffy series about a Catholic RUC manMon Oct 02 2017 - 16:03
Sinéad Morrissey wins £10,000 Forward poetry prizeArmagh poet wins Best Collection prize for ‘On Balance’. Ocean Vuong and Ian Patterson also honouredThu Sept 21 2017 - 21:30
What JP Donleavy did best was the desperate melancholy of men in their primeTributes: John Banville, Kevin Barry, Donal Ryan, Pat McCabe, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and others assess ‘The Ginger Man’ authorThu Sept 14 2017 - 16:35
Two female debut authors shortlisted for Man Booker prizeIrish authors Mike McCormack and Sebastian Barry fail to make cutWed Sept 13 2017 - 10:36
Niall MacMonagle honoured; Maeve Binchy festival; Belfast crime fiction eventIrish literary news: Culture Night; Sounds from a Safe Harbour; Dromineer Literary Festival; Patrick Kavanagh weekend; HomePlace events; Dublin Festival of HistoryFri Sept 08 2017 - 15:51
Inch Levels by Neil Hegarty is September’s Irish Times Book Club pickA powerful debut novel set in the landscapes of Ireland’s northern borderlandsFri Sept 01 2017 - 05:50
Irish Times Book Club podcast with Shane ConnaughtonThe Oscar-winning screenwriter and author discusses his career including Married Quarters, his long-awaited sequel to A Border StationThu Aug 31 2017 - 10:21
A Q&A with ‘Kill All Normies’ author Angela Nagle‘Literary people are much more open to complexity than political people. Political online commentary is just a cesspit for the unhappy’Tue Aug 22 2017 - 12:29
Louise O’Neill takes on The Little MermaidWild Words festival; John Toomey wins award; Irish Pages at Seamus Heaney HomePlaceThu Jul 27 2017 - 06:00
Man Booker prize 2017: Irish authors Sebastian Barry and Mike McCormack on longlistPair have already won awards for their listed novels, ‘Days Without End’ and ‘Solar Bones’Thu Jul 27 2017 - 00:01
Married Quarters by Shane Connaughton this summer’s Irish Times Book Club pickThe sequel to his acclaimed 1989 debut is set in a Garda station in Cavan in late 1950sTue Jul 18 2017 - 17:30
What are Anne Enright, John Boyne and others reading this Summer?Some of Ireland’s best-known writers and readers share the books that will be in their suitcasesWed Jul 05 2017 - 06:00
Holiday reading: Irish diplomats on what books to read whereFrom Bulgaria to Zambia and from China to Palestine, the books you should be readingMon Jul 03 2017 - 11:00
Book Club podcast: Jennifer Johnston talks to Eileen BattersbyIrish Times Book Club: The distinguished author discusses her life and workFri Jun 30 2017 - 10:52
Sebastian Barry wins Independent Bookshop Week Book AwardMaeve Binchy walk; TCD archives conference; Words Ireland initiativesFri Jun 23 2017 - 09:30
Irish Abroad: which books capture the spirit of where you liveShare your local knowledge with Irish visitors this summerWed Jun 21 2017 - 17:36
Children’s literature conference in DublinThe latest literary news and listingsFri Jun 16 2017 - 11:00
Bloomsday Festival: What’s happening on the big week for JoyceansTo mark WB Yeats’s birthday and Bloomsday the National Library will show newly acquired letters to Yeats from James JoyceSat Jun 10 2017 - 06:00
Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction: shortlist reviewsGrace Dent, Bettany Hughes, Stephen Mangan, Anthony Horowitz, Anita Rani and Danny Wallace on tomorrow’s potential winnersTue Jun 06 2017 - 10:50
Clucking good poem for kids wins Caterpillar Poetry Prize‘You can sense the twinkle in the author’s eye,’ says editor of Janet Turner’s winnerMon Jun 05 2017 - 08:00
Kit de Waal’s ‘My Name Is Leon’ is Irish Novel of the Year 2017Bookmarks: a round-up of the latest Irish literary news and listingsSat Jun 03 2017 - 06:00
Michael Longley is awarded PEN Pinter PrizeJudges praise poet’s ‘effortlessly lyric and fluent poetry… wholly suffused with humanity, humility and compassion’Thu Jun 01 2017 - 00:00
Read the Africa Day 2017 writing competition winnersThe African-themed short story and poetry competition is designed to showcase emerging talent and established writersSun May 21 2017 - 06:00
Yanis Varoufakis and Arundhati Roy at International Literature Festival DublinBookmarks: a round-up of the latest Irish literary news and listingsSat May 20 2017 - 06:00
Joseph O’Connor and Donal Ryan for Frank McCourt summer schoolBookmarks: a round-up of the latest Irish literary news and listingsSat May 13 2017 - 06:00
Red Dirt by EM Reapy is Book Club pick for MayDebut novel about three young Irish economic migrants in Australia won Newcomer of the Year at the 2016 Irish Book AwardsTue May 02 2017 - 12:52
Edna O’Brien wins French translation prizeInternational Literature Festival Dublin highlights; Pigott Poetry Prize shortlist; Irish Writers in London Summer School; Dublin ReviewWed Apr 12 2017 - 13:00
Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair launchesFrench translation prize; AE anniversary lecture; love songs in Limerick; Seamus Heaney tapestryWed Apr 05 2017 - 15:00
Michael Collins Irish Times Book Club podcastThe Man Booker shortlisted author discusses his career, his Rustbelt Trilogy and the rise of Donald Trump, and his month-long marathon-a-day Famine memorial runFri Mar 31 2017 - 13:20
Three Irish on £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize shortlistEimear McBride on Encore Award shortlist; Gutter Bookshop shortlisted; Cork World Book Festival; Karl Whitney working on a hit; Connemara cultural retreat; Trinity treasure huntFri Mar 31 2017 - 09:00
Michael Collins, midnight writerMartin Doyle interviews the Booker-nominated author, extreme runner and stabbing survivor about Midnight in a Perfect LifeTue Mar 28 2017 - 17:31
Echoland launched as Dublin’s One City One Book 2017Kerry Group Novel of the Year shortlist; Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award shortlist; Poetry Ireland quizSat Mar 25 2017 - 06:00
In defence of genre: Michael Collins on why he turned to crime‘I saw, within the crime genre’s scope, a way to metaphorically and literally uncover who or what had killed American greatness’Wed Mar 22 2017 - 12:07
Irish writer Sally Rooney shortlisted for £30,000 story prizeAmerican writers dominate 2017 Sunday Times EFG short story award shortlistSun Mar 19 2017 - 06:00
Shane Hegarty thrilled as Darkmouth film directors namedPenguin Ireland and Gutter Bookshop up for British Book AwardsThu Mar 16 2017 - 06:00
Wellcome Book Prize 2017 shortlist revealedPaul Kalanithi’s memoir could become first posthumous work to win the prizeTue Mar 14 2017 - 14:31
Kate Kerrigan wins Historical Romantic Novel AwardSophia Bennett’s Love Song wins Goldsboro Books Romantic Novel of the Year 2017Tue Mar 14 2017 - 10:10
An Irish writers poster: spot the differenceTo mark International Women’s Day we’ve created an antidote to the all-male Irish Writers poster, free for you to download: 12 writers choose their favourite authorsWed Mar 08 2017 - 15:58
Books that every man should read, as recommended by women writersInternational Women's Day: Leading writers put together a reading list for menWed Mar 08 2017 - 06:00
West Cork Literary Festival line-up revealedEnnis Book Club Festival; Bookshop of the Year; Asking for it on campus; Hogwarts Spring GalaWed Mar 01 2017 - 16:00
Irish playwright Marina Carr wins $165,000 literary prizeAuthor of ‘The Mai’ becomes second Irish writer in two years to be lauded by YaleWed Mar 01 2017 - 05:00
President leads tributes to author and presenter Frank DelaneyJohn Banville, Colum McCann, Chris Cleave, Keggie Carew and James Joyce expert Terence Killeen salute veteran writer and broadcasterWed Feb 22 2017 - 17:30
Tom Hanks and Stefanie Preissner to make literary debutsWilliam Trevor lecture; Bernard MacLaverty interview; Féile Fidelma; Barry and O'Loughlin on Walter Scott prize longlistWed Feb 22 2017 - 10:00
‘Writing is a good way to process what’s going on in your own life’Norwegian crime writer Thomas Enger on the wit of Harlan Coben and the wisdom of Stephen KingTue Feb 21 2017 - 12:20
Kate Hamer Q&A: ‘Write the story that is burning inside you’‘Writing makes you tune into the world in a way that I might not have experienced if I didn’t write’Thu Feb 16 2017 - 10:05
‘Take your clothes off’: Poets reveal their favourite love poemsFor St Valentine’s Day, some of Ireland’s finest poets talk about their most-loved love poemsMon Feb 13 2017 - 11:57
Mike McCormack secures major publishing dealIrish on RoNAs shortlist; Novel Fair finalists; Mark O’Halloran for Ennis; Mountains to Sea women’s day event; NUIG honours Mike McCormackThu Feb 09 2017 - 11:20
The €500 a year career: do Irish writers get paid enough?The revelation that one of Ireland’s most successful writers has to go back to his old civil service job to earn a living highlights the precarious nature of a writing careerMon Feb 06 2017 - 13:35
Finalists for Irish Times-Poetry Now Award announcedBookmarks: a round-up of the latest Irish literary news and listingsSat Feb 04 2017 - 06:00
