Opinion: We have ceased to treat seriously the great questions of existence

‘It is not easy to like,’ the candid author says of her latest novel, the Booker-shortlisted ‘The Lowland’

Although The Voyage, by Murray Bail, failed to make even the longlist, this is an exciting selection

New Zealand author Eleanor Catton is not yet 28, but her second novel is one of the favourites for this year’s Man Booker Prize

Irish writer makes Man Booker shortlist again as McCann and Ryan lose out

Donal Ryan, Colm Tóibín and Colum McCann hope to be among six nominees

Reviewed by Eileen Battersby

Fintan O’Toole introduces Legends of the Fall, a new short story series beginning in the print edition of The Irish Times on Saturday

Tipperary-born Donal Ryan among three Irish writers who made Man Booker prize long list for literature

Jim Crace’s ‘Harvest’ hard to beat despite interesting list

Thirteen books in the running for prestigious literary prize

Jim Crace is one of the finest English novelists of the past 20 years - so why has he written his final novel?

FICTION: The British writer Jim Crace’s new – and, he says, last – novel is a haunting work of…