Nobel literature prize goes to Turkey's Orhan PamukTurkey: Few interested observers could claim surprise on hearing the name of this year's Nobel Laureate for Literature.Fri Oct 13 2006 - 01:00
Pilgrim's progress in an enigmatic continentFiction: Africa, battlefield and playground, is a place which drew, and continues to draw, all manner of villain and would-be…Sat Oct 07 2006 - 01:00
The crisis known as NowFiction: Fear at its most aimless oozes through Surveillance , the third novel from British writer Jonathan Raban and the second…Sat Sept 23 2006 - 01:00
Brothers under an evil spellFiction In the summer of 2002, an unsung debut novel from Canada was published.Sat Sept 16 2006 - 01:00
Mountain lives stripped bareFiction: A no-hope husband and father goes missing leaving his wife and childrenSat Sept 09 2006 - 01:00
Dark days of an Irish childhoodFiction: Too tall, too intense, John Egan at 11 going on 12 is a boy inside a man's body, speaking with a deep voice.Sat Aug 26 2006 - 01:00
Jacobson looks set to win as Irish writers fail to make Booker long listOne of the more interesting aspects about this year's Man Booker Prize long list is the absence of an Irish writer.Tue Aug 15 2006 - 01:00
Suffering before suffrageFiction: Every house has a story; some have more than oneSat Aug 12 2006 - 01:00
Horses prove there is life after racing'Horses take centre stage for the next five days as one of Europe's most venerable showcase shows and related trade fairs opens…Wed Aug 09 2006 - 01:00
Into the terrorist mindFiction: One by one US writers have been attempting to confront the aftermath of September 11th, the day American invincibility…Sat Aug 05 2006 - 01:00
Second coming of a European masterFiction Alfred, the narrator, an aspiring geologist, has an ambition, to find a meteorite. It sounds simple but it isn'tSat Jul 22 2006 - 01:00
Reality and regretShort Stories: Terror, chaos, regret, dread - such are the apocalyptic elements that drive these terrifying storiesSat Jul 15 2006 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryOn this day in 1806, at about 9 o'clock in the morning, the celebrated self-taught English artist George Stubbs calmly remarked…Mon Jul 10 2006 - 01:00
An angry lament of a novelFiction: Howard Jacobson raids his Jewishness in his best book to dateSat Jul 08 2006 - 01:00
Night at the opera in the great outdoorsTake four "lads", a poet, a painter, a philosopher and a musician, all idle, sharing a freezing garret and not a penny between…Mon Jul 03 2006 - 01:00
Haughey was an opportunistic pragmatistOther people say they're sorry; Charles Haughey's approach was different. "Never explain, never apologiseSat Jun 24 2006 - 01:00
Waiting in the footsteps of history on top of the Hill of TaraGhosts often walked the earthworks at Tara. This was the ancient seat of Ireland's kings. Heroes lived and died hereThu Jun 22 2006 - 01:00
Tóibín could be first home winner of Impac awardAfter all the speculation, the outcome of this year's International Impac Dublin Literary Award will be announced tomorrowMon Jun 12 2006 - 01:00
Masterclass in deadpan observationFiction: Family - the ideal minefield for any novel. Tolstoy was right, the more complicated and/or unhappy, the better.Sat Jun 10 2006 - 01:00
A slow burn fails to igniteShort Stories: The ordinary can - and does - often inspire artistsSat Jun 03 2006 - 01:00
Variation on the theme of truth and deceptionReview: Many writers become established professional authors. They write for a living, they publish all the timeSat May 27 2006 - 01:00
YEATS EXHIBITION: National Library illuminates poet's life and workOne of the most important literary exhibitions yet staged internationally opened in Dublin yesterdayFri May 26 2006 - 01:00
Constrained by a cardboard characterFiction: Rosy lives in her head, and in her memory.Sat May 20 2006 - 01:00
An allegory for the 21st centuryFiction: That change is relentless and knowledge incomplete, is the abiding thesis of this timely fictional sequel by Jan Morris…Sat May 13 2006 - 01:00
London gang in vicious assault on the readerFiction: Take a group of present-day youths growing up in the suburbs of multicultural LondonSat May 06 2006 - 01:00
That delicate touchSweetness of tone, immaculate playing and discreetly subtle determination shape the musicianship of US violin virtuoso, Joshua…Tue May 02 2006 - 01:00
Music in MohillCentral to the forthcoming Fleadh Cheoil in Mohill, Co Leitrim from Friday April 28th to Monday May 1st is the O'Carolan Concert…Mon Apr 24 2006 - 01:00
Portrait of an EverymanFiction: One man's life as told through the course of a novel can hardly be described as new territorySat Apr 15 2006 - 01:00
Strong chance of first Irish winner for literary awardThe chances of the first home winner of the International Impac Dublin Literary Award look strong after the announcement of this…Thu Apr 06 2006 - 01:00
A watching and waiting gameFiction: Men go to war, women wait. The theme is as old as literature. Homer's Penelope waitedSat Apr 01 2006 - 01:00
The hills are alive with the sound of chaosFiction: Never has the need to empty one's mind been as convincingly, or as brilliantly, illustrated as in Tim Parks's full-…Sat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Fiona Shaw on panel to select Booker winnerAn impressive panel of judges headed by leading British critic and biographer, Hermione Lee, as non-voting chair of judges, will…Sat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Major study published into mound at TaraFindings based on the excavation work of generations of leading Irish archaeologists have finally been published in a major study…Fri Mar 03 2006 - 00:00
Banville takes fiction prize in first Irish Book AwardsJohn Banville has won the prize for fiction in the inaugural Irish Book Awards with his Booker prize- winning novel The SeaThu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
A life and dreams built on bloodFiction: Survival is as much about compromise and deception as it is about courageSat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
The brutal truth about loveShort Stories: A woman prepares for her death. But first she dresses for dinnerSat Feb 18 2006 - 00:00
Mapping a path to MaynoothA cartographical book and pamphlet collection being donated to Maynooth library is a boon to future students, writes Eileen Battersby…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Friends in fluxFiction: Friendship is more complex than love, and often far more interestingSat Feb 04 2006 - 00:00
Scenes from everyday livesShort Stories: Have you ever experienced that unsettling suspicion that suggests everyone else has been enjoying something that…Sat Jan 28 2006 - 00:00
Irish Pen award for Jennifer JohnstonOne of Ireland's finest writers will be honoured today with an Irish Pen Life Achievement Award.Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Acclaimed biography wins Whitbread Book of YearBRITAIN : An acclaimed biography of one of the major artists of the 20th century has won the Whitbread Book of the Year.Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
Banville's Booker winner keeps eye on prizeA Booker Prize winning novel, a new biography of James Connolly and a contender for next week's Whitbread Book of the Year award…Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
A taste of animal magicEven during the short days of winter, Dublin Zoo is one of the most exciting places in the capital to visit, writes Eileen Battersby…Wed Jan 04 2006 - 00:00
Amid the beauty and the blessedPoetry: No other contemporary Irish poet, and few Irish writers, have mastered the art of eloquent, impassioned expression as…Sat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
Solstice watchers fail to see the light at NewgrangeThey came from Australia and South Africa; from Yorkshire and Cardiff; from parts of Dublin as well as from just down the road…Thu Dec 22 2005 - 00:00
A long lost summerFiction: Demon child, vicious gossip, society creature and writer - Truman Capote was all these thingsSat Dec 10 2005 - 00:00
Land of sicknessFiction: The defeat of apartheid is no longer a dream. It is now reality, an established chapter in historySat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
