These Precious Days by Ann Patchett: A thank you for the days
Book review: Acclaimed novelist turns her hand to a collection of personal essays
Book review: Acclaimed novelist turns her hand to a collection of personal essays
Stephenie Meyer has retold Twilight from the vampire’s point of view. It’s a popular ploy
A story about Philip Roth leering at ‘colleens’ in Dublin exposes a Neanderthal attitude
Mathematical analysis of how neutrinos interact with matter prompts discovery
US Politics: Kim Darroch was stating the obvious about US president – but was he right?
The US economy seems to be ticking over nicely, but it’s fuelled by a near-$1tn deficit
Obituary: Blackly comic novelist wrote about what it meant to be an American, a Jew, a writer, a man
New schedules and reformed championships come into play as the action returns tonight
O’Neill’s side fell apart – and that is why it was vital supporters remained part of the crowd
Obituary: Judith Jones, editor, born March 10th, 1924; died August 2nd, 2017
From Cheever to Ron Rash, Carver to Eudora Welty, O’Connor to Richard Ford, some of the finest American writing is to be found in the short form
Malachy Clerkin, Amy Huberman, Una Mullally and more on their fathers as young men
We rarely saw this verbal American atrocity written down until the rise of the internet
Twenty-two years of sustained, qualified success have gone in two months in London
Where to now after one of the most corrosive US presidential elections in history
Let us not be coy: there are some on the left who are stumped by poor white people
Dublin and Galway hurlers have lot of history to live up to in November
Fresh, at times brilliant, debut short story collection portrays lost souls in Wales
In his work on many books, Robert Alter aims to translate not just the poem but the poet
Arsenal legend has failed to live up to high expectations since joining Sky Sports
Review: A bland Scandinavian debut novel about a failing marriage – and a hamster – demonstrates just how difficult it can be for writers to make the ordinary compelling
The great French writer Colette was the first French woman to be given a state funeral - although she was denied a Catholic one because of her two divorces
‘New Yorker’ writer Roger Angell is the game’s undisputed poet laureate
`Use it or lose it'
In broader European and American literature, it is easier to find genuine marriages of philosophy and fiction
Irish authors tell us how and where they find inspiration for an idea strong enough to sustain a book, and how they go about turning that into an extended narrative
Nicholson Baker’s 10th novel is mildly eccentric and at times self-indulgent, but it is also sharp, daring and honest
On the comedian’s mind are anti-Semitism and how it is not really considered racism, his experience of fame as ‘a constant puncturing of the moment’, and doing stand-up again
Britain’s ‘Literary Review’ draws attention to ‘crude, badly written’ passages
Food has always found its way into fiction. There’s even a genre where eating forms the backdrop to the story
Growing up in Co Mayo helped Colin Barrett shape wild visual narratives written in local voices
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices