A Portable Shelter review
New Fiction: Kirsy Logan’s imaginative collection highlights the importance of storytelling
Word for Word: A happy ending for the short story
The Cork International Short Story Prize has helped to bring the form back to prominence
10 summer releases to watch out for
New novels from Milan Kundera, Paul Murray and Nuala Ní Chonchúir are among the season's highlights
Colin Barrett wins Rooney Prize for ‘Young Skins’ short story collection
‘A shimmering debut’ from a ‘dazzling writer’
Would you like to write a book?
Over the next 12 weeks we’ll be getting the help of successful authors to explain everything would-be writers need to know. This is the first step to your debut novel
Poison and intrigue in past and present China
When Yiyun Li left China, at the age of 24, she couldn’t speak English. Now, nearly two decades later, she is recognised as one of its most perceptive contemporary writers
The power of guilt
The new novel by Yiyun Li, winner of the first Frank O’Connor award, is formidably intelligent and stylistically precise, but it lacks empathy
Three Irish authors make Man Booker longlist
Jim Crace’s ‘Harvest’ hard to beat despite interesting list
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