Anna Burns

Articles about Anna Burns

I wanted to write a book about Irish women’s writing. They told me to include men

If anything will embitter you, it is researching and writing a history of Irish women’s writing

Wed Jul 10 2024 - 05:00

An evening at Dublin’s new Silent Book Club: ‘It’s free, it’s chill’

Monthly gathering at Dublin’s Mish.Mash Art Caffé aims to create a calm, welcoming space to read with others

Sat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00

North stars: ‘The vitality of Northern Irish writing has always coincided with political upheaval’

Belfast has a healthy literary scene, closely connected with Queen’s University, whose creative writing tutors include poets Gail McConnell and Stephen Sexton

Sat Feb 10 2024 - 05:00

Ukraine appeals: ‘My phone has not stepped ringing ... Everybody wants to help’

Ukrainian community in Ireland overwhelmed with support and donations

Tue Mar 01 2022 - 14:16

Lucy Caldwell: ‘In ways it was a normal childhood...and yet’

Author on how the Troubles affected her life, her writing and her Irish identity

Sat Feb 26 2022 - 06:00

Fintan O’Toole: Somebody McSomebody is spreading Covid in Ireland

We have chosen not to properly track the virus. The result is endless lockdown

Tue Mar 23 2021 - 01:05

Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize for Shuggie Bain

Debut author is second Scot to win with very personal tale of poverty and addiction

Thu Nov 19 2020 - 19:55

International Dublin Literary Award: Anna Burns becomes first Irish woman to win €100,000 prize

Troubles novel has already won Man Booker and Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prizes

Thu Oct 22 2020 - 11:20

Wretchedness: Exposing Sweden’s sad underbelly

Andrzej Tichý rages over injustices in a searing novel about Sweden’s marginalised

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 06:00

Is ‘Up the Ra’ a man thing?

Unthinkable: The ‘masculine’ character of Irish republicanism still influences today, says philosopher Dianna Taylor

Thu May 07 2020 - 05:00

Fintan O'Toole: The big question of the last decade is...

The Decade in Culture: t’s up to us to reclaim the private self from Google and Facebook

Sat Dec 21 2019 - 05:00

Turner Prize nominee surprised at North’s lack of protests over Brexit

Film exploring role of women in civil rights movement shortlisted for prestigious award

Mon Nov 04 2019 - 03:45

Booker Prize 2019: Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo are joint winners

Evaristo is first black woman to win prize; Handmaid’s Tale sequel is second win for Atwood

Mon Oct 14 2019 - 21:54

Why is Irish literature thriving? Because its writers and publishers take risks

Whether from Sally Rooney or Edna O’Brien, experimentalism has never frightened Irish readers

Tue Jul 30 2019 - 14:07

‘I can’t do thrillers or spy novels or genre fiction. I just get bored'

The author Colm Tóibín discusses female Irish novelists, families, and when he wishes he had a TV

Mon Jul 22 2019 - 12:10

Troubles-based books Milkman and Say Nothing win Orwell prizes

Anna Burns’s novel and Patrick Radden Keefe’s study of Jean McConville’s murder honoured

Tue Jun 25 2019 - 21:28

‘Lyra McKee may be dead, but she will not be lost and she will not be silenced’

The murdered writer cared about breaking silences, writes her publisher, Faber’s Louisa Joyner

Mon Apr 29 2019 - 12:04

Anna Burns among new members elected to Aosdána

Affiliation of creative artists in Ireland elects six new people to vacant positions

Fri Apr 05 2019 - 22:44

Give it a lash: 100 questions to test your Irishness

Win a €250 Kenny’s hamper, delivered anywhere in the world. Ah, go on, go on, go on ....

Sat Mar 16 2019 - 06:00

Hodges Figgis store in Dublin second-best performer in Waterstones group

Irish subsidiary recorded a 36 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to €3.39m last year

Fri Mar 01 2019 - 05:20

Skin: On My Culture Radar

Skunk Anansie singer on her admiration of Domhnall Gleeson, Colin Murray and Arinzé Kene

Sat Jan 26 2019 - 05:00

Sally Rooney wins Costa Novel Award for ‘Normal People’

Irish novelist is one of five category winners and goes on to compete for Costa Book of the Year on January 29th

Mon Jan 07 2019 - 19:30

The 2018 Irish Times Christmas Prize Quiz

Test your knowledge of the past 12 months with these 100 questions – and you could win a prize

Mon Dec 24 2018 - 06:00

‘Like vinyl, reading is fashionable again’

Bookshops booming as readers turn page to new post-peak-Kindle chapter

Wed Dec 19 2018 - 18:56

Anna Burns: The Booker winner on why she is unable to write

She went from poverty to bestseller status with 'Milkman'. Now, chronic pain prevents her from writing

Sat Dec 15 2018 - 06:10

U2 serve up celebration and solidarity in Belfast

Ahead of four shows at Dublin’s 3Arena next week, Bono and co. serve up a night of celebration in Belfast

Sun Oct 28 2018 - 08:45

Neil Shawcross donates 36 paintings to his adopted city

Exhibition celebrates Belfast writers and musicians

Tue Oct 23 2018 - 21:03

DCU deportation protest, Michael Moore takes on Trump

News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers

Sat Oct 20 2018 - 10:21

Anna Burns: ‘It’s nice to feel I’m solvent. That’s a huge gift’

The Man Booker winner on scraping by as a writer, and growing up during the Troubles

Thu Oct 18 2018 - 11:10

Booker winner Anna Burns thanked by food bank and housing charity

Author mentioned charities that helped her in prize-winning novel’s acknowledgments

Thu Oct 18 2018 - 10:02

Anna Burns: From relative unknown to Man Booker prize winner

‘Milkman’ author has been praised for her ‘dazzingly inventive’ writing approach

Tue Oct 16 2018 - 22:30

Man Booker Prize: Belfast writer Anna Burns wins for ‘Milkman’

First Irish writer to win prestigious £50,000 award since Anne Enright in 2007

Tue Oct 16 2018 - 21:50

Student Hub digest: Empty rooms, Anna Burns, UCD private club