The best books of 2024 so far: writers and critics choose their favourite readsColm Tóibín’s Long Island, Lucy Caldwell’s Openings, Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits and Niamh Mulvey’s The Amendments are among the novels with multiple selectionsSat Jul 06 2024 - 05:15
‘My friendship with Leonard Cohen was another kind of fraternal relationship’ John MacKenna on working for RTÉ, his friendship with Leonard Cohen and his latest book, Father, Son and Brother GhostSat Jul 06 2024 - 05:00
Una Mannion wins Gold Dagger AwardBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Jul 05 2024 - 09:51
David Nash wins Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry PrizeBooks newsletter: a roundup of the latest news and preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Jun 27 2024 - 19:00
Alvy Carragher: ‘Poetry seems to pull out and piece together the heart of the matter’What Remains the Same is published by the Gallery PressSat Jun 22 2024 - 00:01
Soula Emmanuel wins SoA awardBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and round-up of the latest newsThu Jun 20 2024 - 09:00
‘I felt the social divisions much more acutely in England than I do in Northern Ireland’Belfast writer Aimée Walsh on violence against women, ‘assertive’ Northern Irish writing, and laughing out loud at Joe Lycett’s audiobookSat Jun 15 2024 - 05:00
VV Ganeshananthan and Naomi Klein win Women’s prizes for fiction and non-fictionBrotherless Night wins Fiction Prize; Doppelganger wins Non-Fiction Prize, both worth £30,000Thu Jun 13 2024 - 19:30
Liz Nugent up for top crime prizeBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a previee of Saturday’s pagesThu Jun 13 2024 - 11:00
Thriller writer Andrea Mara: ‘My mother-in-law was Ireland’s first female private investigator, and my husband helped her with cases’The author on the premise of her new novel (’what if there really was someone living in the attic?’); being a late starter; and writing about rich south DublinersSun Jun 09 2024 - 04:00
Annie West archives acquired by TCD and NLI Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages; Colm Tóibín to do one-off Dingle Lit eventThu Jun 06 2024 - 17:23
First winner of Caterpillar Poetry Prize wins againUK children’s laureate Joseph Coelho chooses Louise Greig 10 years after her first successThu Jun 06 2024 - 10:29
Kevin Barry: ‘I didn’t publish a book till I was 37. I thought I must have been an awful f*cking waster’With his fourth novel about to be published, the author is now one of the most influential Irish writersSun Jun 02 2024 - 05:30
Ben Kane: When writing about combat and injuries, it helps that I know what blades do to fleshKane talks about his new novel, Stormcrow, the appeal of historical fiction and how his veterinary experience has helped his writingSat Jun 01 2024 - 05:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly to retire as an author, but not as an Irish Times columnistPaul Howard’s next Ross O’Carroll-Kelly book will be last in the million-selling series but Irish Times column will carry onFri May 31 2024 - 09:54
Listowel honours President, McKeon and MeehanEncore Award shortlist; Cairde and Echoes festival; Saturday’s books pages; Little Island expandsThu May 30 2024 - 18:16
President leads tributes to much-loved poet Gerald DaweEiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Michael Longley and many others pay tribute to the Belfast-born poet and academicThu May 30 2024 - 16:03
Gerald Dawe, poet of ‘the ordinary and the everyday’, dies aged 72Inaugural director of TCD’s Oscar Wilde Centre was to receive major US awardWed May 29 2024 - 20:06
Michelle McDonagh: Writing the book, Ann Lovett, and her heartbroken sister Patricia, were at the forefront of my mindMcDonagh, author of Somebody Knows, talks about inspirations for her writing, her new podcast and moreSat May 25 2024 - 04:45
Irish writer wins Discoveries Writing PrizeBooks newsletter: Michel Déon Prize shortlist; Stinging Fly/FBA Fiction Prize; walking toursFri May 24 2024 - 09:04
David Nicholls: ‘I’m lucky enough to have lots of Irish friends and hope that I got away with writing an Irish character’The author of One Day on his new novel, You Are Here; the Irish writers he admires; and father-son relationshipsSun May 19 2024 - 05:00
Caleb Azumah Nelson honouredBooks newsletter: Dylan Thomas Prize; Ondaatje Prize; Dalkey Book Festival; Elizabeth Longford Prize; James Tait Black Prizes; Gold Dagger Award; Listowel Writer’s Week; Dingle Lit short story awards; TikTok Book Awards; Saturday’s pagesThu May 16 2024 - 19:15
‘Multicultural is a handy word but I wrote about one culture, Dublin culture’Estelle Birdy, the debut author of Ravelling, on writing about imperfect heroes – five lads from Dublin’s LibertiesSun May 12 2024 - 04:31
UCD Festival’s literary highlightsBooks newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a wrap of the latest newsThu May 09 2024 - 17:37
Elaine Feeney: ‘I write what I know, so the west of Ireland aesthetic permeates everything’Writer talks about her new poetry collection, Galway roots and upcoming projectsSat May 04 2024 - 05:00
Kerry Group Novel of the Year shortlistBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri May 03 2024 - 12:22
Sheila Armstrong on RSL Ondaatje Prize shortlistBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Apr 26 2024 - 11:18
‘Somebody told me recently it was like the Coen Brothers directing PG Wodehouse’: Author Jonny Sweet on his new darkly comic thrillerAuthor Jonny Sweet on moving from writing stand-up shows and plays to fiction and his new, darkly comic thriller, The Kellerby CodeFri Apr 26 2024 - 05:00
Women’s Prize for Fiction: Anne Enright and Claire Kilroy shortlistedPrevious winner Kate Grenville and debut writer Aube Rey Lescure also on shortlistWed Apr 24 2024 - 08:21
Leeanne O’Donnell: ‘If you go where things are a bit less tamed ... you can catch remnants of ancient stories’Author talks about her latest book, Sparks of Bright Matter, folklore, nature and moreSun Apr 21 2024 - 05:00
Hubert Butler Essay Prize announcedBooks newsletter: Borris and West Cork festival line-ups; Banagher Brontë Festival; Open Mic for Gaza; Write by the Sea; John McGahern exhibition; Commonwealth and Jhalak prizesThu Apr 18 2024 - 11:31
‘He chose a different route’: Centenarian Troubles survivor Barney O’Dowd laid to restMan who lost two sons and a brother in loyalist attack achieved own justice ‘by outliving the forces that had sought to destroy him and his family’Mon Apr 15 2024 - 19:21
Author Andrew Hughes on his new novel, writing the mind of a teenager and Killua CastleHughes’s new book, Emma, Disappeared, follows James Lyster, whose life begins to unravel after the disappearance of a high-achieving university graduateSat Apr 13 2024 - 05:00
PEN Heaney Prize launchedBooks newsletter: Irish Times Eason offer is Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena, just €5.99Fri Apr 12 2024 - 06:00
Patrick James Errington wins Pollard Poetry Prize; Lance Larsen wins Moth Poetry PrizeCanadian poet wins €10,000 Pollard award while American wins €6,000 Moth prizeThu Apr 11 2024 - 18:15
International Booker Prize shortlist: Europe and South America dominateIndependent presses continue to dominate, with five of six titles on the shortlistTue Apr 09 2024 - 14:24
Louise Nealon: ‘There is a reason why the vast majority of readers are women. We tell ourselves stories to survive’Nealon’s debut novel, Snowflake, is this year’s One Dublin One Book choiceSat Apr 06 2024 - 05:00
Irish writers Deirdre Madden and Sonya Kelly each win $175,000 literary awardNovelist and playwright receive Windham Campbell Prize to support their workTue Apr 02 2024 - 19:15
Edel Coffey: ‘We live in a very voyeuristic world … I wonder what that might be doing to our sense of contentment’The author’s In Her Place and Breaking Point cast a cold eye on class and entitlement. Why are these subjects to which she returns?Sat Mar 30 2024 - 06:00
Noel O’Regan on James Tait Black shortlistBooks newsletter: a round-up of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Mar 28 2024 - 10:43
Alice Winn on her acclaimed In Memoriam: ‘I wrote the novel because I felt alone in a grief from another century’Author discusses her motivation for writing her award-winning debut novel, and tells of her ‘immense’ gratitude of being an Irish citizenSat Mar 23 2024 - 05:00
Louise Kennedy wins Francophonie awardBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Mar 22 2024 - 13:13
Forgotten Irish classics: 16 books that deserve to be better knownLouise Kennedy, John Boyne, Roy Foster, Sinéad Gleeson, Helen Cullen and more on lost Irish booksSun Mar 17 2024 - 05:00
Christie Watson: ‘The smell of old books is the best perfume’The author on her new novel about ‘deeply flawed women’, her relationship with her teenage daughter and her desire to ban all social mediaSat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00
Anne Enright wins Writers’ Prize for FictionBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Mar 15 2024 - 13:41
Rebecca Ivory: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a writer if I were born into a different family’The author on people who repeat their mistakes, her grandfather’s cartoon and her admiration for John Candy’s character in Planes, Trains and AutomobilesSat Mar 09 2024 - 00:00
Cúirt festival lineup revealedBooks newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pagesFri Mar 08 2024 - 17:33
Irish writers Anne Enright, Claire Kilroy and Megan Nolan named on Women’s Prize for Fiction longlistAnne Enright, Claire Kilroy and Megan Nolan in running for £30,000 fiction awardTue Mar 05 2024 - 18:00
Author Mary Costello: ‘I want my characters to be rattled by something’ Irish author on her new book, a collection of stories and the fruit of 10 years’ workSun Mar 03 2024 - 05:00
Why is the announcement of a new novel by Sally Rooney being greeted with such a fanfare?When the author’s previous novel was released in 2021 it sold 40,000 copies in just five daysSat Mar 02 2024 - 06:00
