The Irish Times

Haitch Crime – Frank McNally on Ireland’s most divisive letter

An Irishman’s Diary

Wed Sept 30 2020 - 19:01

Dublin Literary Award: Two Irish authors shortlisted for world’s most valuable books prize

Sally Rooney and Bernard MacLaverty shortlisted for the €100,000 prize

Thu Apr 04 2019 - 00:01

Literary greats gather in Galway city for literature festival

Laureate for Irish Fiction Sebastian Barry and author Paul Lynch among participants

Mon Apr 23 2018 - 13:30

Irish Book Awards starts new chapter with hunt for sponsor

High-profile ceremony seeks replacement partner after Bord Gáis Energy bows out

Mon Feb 26 2018 - 06:30

Silence Under a Stone review: Insipid storyline with a morose character

A staunch Presbyterian woman shows little mercy to her loved ones, or the reader

Sat Feb 17 2018 - 05:24

Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Thu Nov 02 2017 - 12:42

Bernard MacLaverty: 'My life has been a seamless piece of laziness, work, and thoughts'

A wintertime trip to Amsterdam in 2001 inspired the Belfast-born writer’s new novel, which took 16 years to finish

Sat Aug 05 2017 - 05:00

After the amputation: a powerful rendering of disability

Hopdance review: Stewart Parker’s posthumous memoir novel captures figments of a lost year

Sat May 06 2017 - 06:00

Irish writers pick their favourite pieces of music

From traditional tunes to the magic of Mozart, some Irish writers name their favourite tunes, ahead of a concert featuring their picks at the Royal Irish Academy of Music

Mon Apr 10 2017 - 05:00

School of Velocity review: notes on a friendship

A classical pianist looks back on his life in Eric Beck Rubin’s short, meditative novel

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 05:00

The L factor: a literary ambassador for Ireland

Thirty-four authors have made the longlist for the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction

Wed Nov 05 2014 - 01:00

Stranger than fiction: when crime captures the imagination

Nicola White’s new novel ‘In the Rosary Garden’ was inspired by the Kerry Babies tribunal and the Ann Lovett case. We recommend some other real-life fiction from Ireland and abroad

Fri Apr 04 2014 - 01:00