Author Stephen Daly: ‘So little is acknowledged of the wounds people still carry from the past’
The YA author on his debut novel, the impact of the Belfast Agreement, and why queer voices are essential for young people finding their own identities
Séamas O’Reilly: ‘As I’ve grown older I’ve realised how formative the Troubles were’
Author’s debut novel, Prestige Drama, channels humour, anger and sadness in story about a TV show set during the Troubles
Children’s Books Ireland Award winners revealed
Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest news
Dublin Literary Award 2026: Ali Smith wins €100,000 prize for Gliff
Novel follows young homeless siblings as they try to survive a bewildering new world
International Booker Prize 2026: Yáng Shuang-zi and translator Lin King win for Taiwan Travelogue
Yáng Shuang-zi and Lin King are first Taiwanese and Taiwanese-American winners
Doireann Ní Ghríofa: ‘In the past someone like me would have been brought to an asylum’
Author Doireann Ní Ghríofa on her new novel about a derelict mental hospital and how she writes ‘really weird books that are hard to describe’
Sue Divin: ‘Character, voice, plot, pace, authenticity – if a writer nails that, I’ll read their novel’
Author Sue Divin, who has a master’s in peace and conflict studies, helps to build peace at work and in fiction
Sarah Gilmartin: ‘Even before relationships and infidelity, desire is a great driver’
The fiction reviewer turned writer on her new novel, Little Vanities, writing early and often, and novels versus short stories
Liadan Ní Chuinn on Orwell shortlist
Books newsletter: new Laureate na nÓg; a preview of tomorrow’s pages; Hinterland Festival highlights; Libraro Prize; limericks prize
Juliano Zaffino: It is never not surreal to have inspired Florence Welch by something I wrote
The Steps is the debut novel of the author and podcaster who also runs a bespoke book-subscription service
President opens Ireland’s Home for Poetry and Heritage
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Ruth McKee: ‘Pitching a novel about a suicidal middle-aged woman getting drunk on her birthday wasn’t easy’
The writer discusses her debut novel and what she’d like to do to Irish puppy farms
International Literature Festival Dublin highlights
Books newsletter: TCD student from Gaza wins major essay prize; Pollard Poetry Prize winner; West Cork History Festival; tomorrow’s pages
Rosemary Hennigan: ‘Fiction gives us space to explore life in all its multifarious complexities’
Author’s new novel, The Hotel Guest, is set in the French Alps
Jaipur Literature Festival visits Ireland
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