‘I’m haunted by my mother’: The late Edna O’Brien, interviewed by the late Eileen Battersby
The Irish Times journalist, who died in 2018, interviewed O’Brien – who has died aged 93 – in her London home in 2006
Brother in Ice by Alicia Kopf review: Polar expedition journeys to centre of the self
Debut by Catalan multimedia artist is brisk philosophical narrative with sharp set pieces
The Lost Country review: an unfinished novel of dazzling interludes
William Gay’s Dickensian feel for character makes even this rambling story surge with life
Vernon Subutex 2 by Virginie Despentes: more vicious wit and stark insight
This fast-flowing sequel continues the search for hero Vernon, who is in full-blown freefall
Paul Simon at the RDS: 'Maybe I’ll just keep coming to Dublin'
Songs sung a thousand times lose none of their mystique at Paul Simon's farewell concert in Dublin
Paul Simon: Farewell and thank you to a near mythic troubadour
Paul Simon’s last Irish concert the RDS Dublin will be an intense, emotional evening
The English Patient review: Love and loss in the desert fires
From the archive: Eileen Battersby’s review of ‘The English Patient’ by Michael Ondaatje, originally published on September 12th, 1992
Why Michael Ondaatje’s ‘The English Patient’ deserved the Golden Man Booker
Special accolade celebrates 50th anniversary of the literary prize
Who should – and who will – win the Golden Man Booker?
Eileen Battersby weighs up the shortlist for Sunday’s award to mark 50 years of the prize
Anne Tyler: the human face of America
Her 22nd novel, ‘Clock Dance’, is not just very good. It reminds readers of the Founding Fathers’ core values
Roger Bannister: The fastest and finest - by a mile
It's 50 years since Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile. The romance of his achievement will live on forever
Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne review: One of the books of the year, if not the decade
Bold and sophisticated, this thrilling, magnificently audacious picaresque is about France and is also about all of us
Mrs Osmond by John Banville: An entertaining homage to Henry James
If Banville succeeds in making readers return to Henry James, this lively enterprise will prove a useful and generous gesture to a rich and nuanced American classic
Edward Lear leaps off the page in a poignant, exciting biography
Jenny Uglow gets to grips with the Victorian poet, painter and polished letter writer
Yawningly long: more florid prose from Salman Rushdie
Review: The Golden House is a messy soap opera full of cliche and sexism, writes Eileen Battersby