Rob Doyle: ‘I’m 43, but I’m still going into my own guts and exposing the weird and the shameful stuff’
The Dublin author on his multilayered new novel, Cameo, how he avoids making his working-class roots an ‘identity spectacle’ and why he quit alcohol
Myles Dungan on former pupil Tom Dunne: ‘When I read his first essay I accused him of getting his big sister to write it’
The author (and one-time teacher) on new book The Red Branch, his distaste for Tricolours in Kells, and why he, an atheist, converted to Church of Ireland
Books newsletter: Patrick McCabe succeeds Naoise Dolan as IPUT Writer-In-Residence
Author of The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto was selected by Colm Tóibín-chaired committee
The best fiction of 2026 to look forward to: Books from Louise Kennedy, Donal Ryan, Sebastian Barry and more
A comprehensive round-up of fiction from Irish and international authors due out this year
Nonfiction books coming in 2026: From a new memoir by Louise O’Neill to Roy Keane’s impact on modern Ireland
Among promising titles are a book about France’s dark side and Jon Ronson’s exploration of multimillionaires searching for meaning in New England
Doolin Writers’ Weekend returns
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages
‘Some nights I do not sleep’: Families remember 16 sectarian killings in 24 hours in North
Relatives reflect on 50th anniversary of Kingsmill, O’Dowd and Reavey murders
The Let Them Theory is Ireland’s bestselling book of 2025
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan and The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor are bestselling Irish titles
Sturgeon and O’Hagan to pick 2026 Irish Novel of the Year
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages
Nicola Pierce: ‘I started to write Great Irish Wives without any idea I would be a widow by the time it went to print’
The author on losing her husband, writing two books about the Titanic, and her love of Jo March
German author researching climate change wins Moth Nature Writing Prize 2025
Guardian country diarist Mark Cocker judges novel excerpt winner of prize worth €1,000 and a week at Moth’s Irish writing retreat
Joseph O’Connor wins Irish Book of the Year 2025 with The Ghosts of Rome
Sequel to My Father's House is the second in the Escape Line trilogy, inspired by the true story of Fr Hugh O’Flaherty
Mary Beard to chair Booker Prize jury
Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a wrap of the latest news
Gráinne O’Brien: ‘I was anxious about things most authors wouldn’t even dream could happen’
Debut author and bookseller on her award-winning novel, Solo, which is written in verse