If you're going to write only one book . . .‘ To Kill a Mockingbird ’ is as bright and fresh as it was when it was published, 50 years ago next weekSat Jul 03 2010 - 01:00
Candour, sensitivity, humour: the result is singular magicFICTION: I Curse the River of Time By Per Petterson, translated by Charlotte Barslund with Per Petterson Harvill Secker, 233pp…Sat Jul 03 2010 - 01:00
Master of the grainSeamus Cassidy creates bowls and furniture but also vibrant, contemporary sculpture. Is he a craftsman, an artist or both?Sat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
Impac 2010 winner announcedGerbrand Bakker has become the first Dutch writer to win the International Impac Dublin Literary Award from a shortlist of seven…Thu Jun 17 2010 - 01:00
A bulletin from the outer fringesFICTION: Imperial Bedrooms By Bret Easton Ellis Picador, 178pp, £16.99Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryHIS FATHER was a bookseller and publisher and the young Robert Schumann, born 200 years ago today, in Zwickau, Saxony, discovered…Tue Jun 08 2010 - 01:00
A Berlin tale conquering the worldMore than 60 years after his death, Hans Fallada’s ‘Alone in Berlin’ has become a bestseller in translationMon Jun 07 2010 - 01:00
Irish poet awarded international prizeONE OF Ireland’s finest poets, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanain, has been awarded the 2010 Griffin Poetry Prize for her most recent collection…Sat Jun 05 2010 - 01:00
Small and perfectly formedFAMILY HISTORY: The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance , by Edmund de Waal Chatto 334pp £16.99Sat Jun 05 2010 - 01:00
Seminar to show Wilde snr was a man of importanceHIS FAMOUS, flamboyant son remains one of the most tragic figures in Irish cultural history.Thu Jun 03 2010 - 01:00
Forbidden love at heart of a lively debutFICTION: The Pleasure Seekers By Tishani Doshi, Bloomsbury, 314pp. £16.99Sat May 29 2010 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryTHEY ARE NATIVE heroes; small, tough, determined and elusiveTue May 25 2010 - 01:00
At war with the blots on our landscapeLocal authorities are entirely at the mercy of vested backyard interests, says Ian Lumley, An Taisce’s heritage officerSat May 22 2010 - 01:00
JG Farrell classic 'Troubles' wins Lost Booker prizeThe success of this lively 1970 classic shows the lasting allure of the Irish Big House novelThu May 20 2010 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryIRISH SOCIAL HISTORY lives on in the buildings of Ireland’s country towns, particularly the schoolsTue May 04 2010 - 01:00
Gripped by a past that won't let goFICTION: The Surrendered By Chang-Rae Lee Little Brown, 469pp, £12Sat May 01 2010 - 01:00
The girl who survived BelsenIT REMAINS history’s biggest story, the one that testifies to the evil of which humankind is capableTue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryDATES ARE IMPORTANT. Barry Raftery, former professor of Celtic archaeology in the UCD school of archaeology, the fifth man to…Mon Apr 26 2010 - 01:00
A European tale of bitter-sweet humanityFICTION: Skylark By Dezso Kosztolányi, translated by Richard Aczek, New York Review Books Classics, £8.99Sat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
An honest heroine with survivors' guiltFICTION: No and Me By Delphine de Vigan, translated by George Miller Bloomsbury, 246pp, £9.99Sat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
Wilde's portrait of subtle controlConsidering his leanings towards theatricality and excess, Oscar Wilde brought unexpected artistic discipline to ‘ The Picture…Wed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
Art's greatest sinnerIt took someone as volatile and unpredictable as Caravaggio to truly capture the betrayal of ChristFri Apr 02 2010 - 01:00
Reports from the mother of all twilight zonesFICTION: Red April By Santiago Roncagliolo, translated by Edith Grossman Atlantic, 271pp, £12.99Sat Mar 27 2010 - 00:00
Returning to a life he made earlierFICTION: Chef By Jaspreet Singh Bloomsbury, 248pp. £14.99Sat Mar 20 2010 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryGERMANY AND AUSTRIA were the homelands of early Romanticism in music, yet probably because of its position as Europe’s wealthiest…Mon Mar 01 2010 - 00:00
A writer and a seerFICTION: Don DeLillo’s preoccupation with the ‘now’ sets his latest narrative against an entrancing visual deviceSat Feb 27 2010 - 00:00
Harsh lives, rendered with compassionFICTION: Even the Dogs , By Jon McGregor, Bloomsbury, 195pp. £12.99Sat Feb 20 2010 - 00:00
Poet's fiction debut is a clear winnerFICTION: Apparition & Late Fictions: A Novella and Stories , By Thomas Lynch, Cape, 214pp. £12.99Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
Poet's fiction debut is a clear winnerFICTION: Apparition & Late Fictions: A Novella and Stories , By Thomas Lynch, Cape, 214pp. £12.99Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
When Nature is not enoughFICTION: Where the Serpent Lives , by Ruth Padel, Little Brown, 308pp, £12.99Sat Jan 23 2010 - 00:00
When Nature is not enoughFICTION: Where the Serpent Lives , by Ruth Padel, Little Brown, 308pp, £12.99Sat Jan 23 2010 - 00:00
In truth, horrorFICTION: The Patience Stone By Atiq Rahimi, translated by Polly McLean Chatto, 136pp. £12.99Sat Jan 09 2010 - 00:00
In truth, horrorFICTION: The Patience Stone By Atiq Rahimi, translated by Polly McLean Chatto, 136pp. £12.99Sat Jan 09 2010 - 00:00
Tóibín's 'Brooklyn' wins major fiction awardCOLM TÓIBÍN’S sixth novel, Brooklyn , has been announced as the winner of the Costa Fiction Award.Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Tóibín's 'Brooklyn' wins major fiction awardCOLM TÓIBÍN’S sixth novel, Brooklyn , has been announced as the winner of the Costa Fiction Award.Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Great writer deserves betterBIOGRAPHY: Cheever – A Life By Blake Bailey, Picador, 770pp, £25Sat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Great writer deserves betterBIOGRAPHY: Cheever – A Life By Blake Bailey, Picador, 770pp, £25Sat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryBEYOND THE smell of pine trees and spice, beyond the taste of turkey, mulled wine and all that brandy butter, beyond those flashing…Tue Dec 22 2009 - 00:00
The gods are in the detailsThe New Acropolis Museum, which sits below the Parthenon, is a fitting tribute to the area’s Classical past and its myths about…Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
Considering all she knewFICTION: Amulet By Roberto Bolano, translated by Chris Andrews Picador, 184pp. £14.99Sat Nov 28 2009 - 00:00
An epic tale from a king of storytellersFICTION : Ransom , by David Malouf, Chatto, 224pp, £14Sat Nov 14 2009 - 00:00
Four Irish authors on Impac longlistSeveral of the finest novels published in the world in recent years have been nominated by an international panel of libraries…Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
The real godfather of GothicThe great American writer Edgar Allan Poe’s tales are spine-chillingly scary and his death is still shrouded in pathos and mystery…Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
A random take on father and sonFICTION: Legend of a Suicide, By David Vann, Penguin, 230pp, £7.99Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
A subtle weaving of passion and despairFICTION: Wanting , By Richard Flanagan, Atlantic, 252pp, £14.99Sat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00
Harsh setting, eerie stories, quiet voiceFICTION: Carsten the Trustee By Theodore Storm, translated by Denis Jackson, Angel Classics, 239pp, 11Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
Consequences of a chance crueltySHORT STORIES: Too Much Happiness By Alice Munro Chatto, 305pp, £17.99Sat Sept 05 2009 - 01:00
Author of his own solitudeFICTION: Summertime,. By JM Coetzee, Harvill Secker, 266pp, £17.99Sat Aug 22 2009 - 01:00
Love with a menacing undertoneFICTION : William Trevor sets his mark upon this edgy, sure-footed novel within the opening paragraphs, and keeps the reader…Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
