Ben Barnes: ‘I would extend the basic income scheme to all professionally trained working artists’
Theatre and opera director on his new book, Side Stage: Theatre Writing 1984-2025; his wariness of celebrity actors; and his admiration for John Cleese
IMRAM Irish-Language Literature Festival line-up revealed
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Will Sally Rooney’s books now be removed from shops across the UK?
Rooney’s Normal People has sold one million copies in UK while her first and third novels have each sold over 500,000 copies
Alan Davies in Dublin review: Confessions of a mature comic can be challenging
The QI star hits comedy pay dirt when he asks the audience which decade they are from
Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be available in UK over her support for Palestine Action
Faber blames UK antiterrorism legislation for decision to stop distributing bestselling author’s works
Eoin McNamee: ‘I’m from Kilkeel so I know exactly what an Orange march is’
The author on new short story collection The Comets, the plight of refugees, and his admiration for Gavin Bazunu
Circling the Square returns
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Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2026
There have been 122 literature laureates to date, of whom only 18 have been women
Author Niall Williams: ‘I will always be an outsider, even here after 41 years’
Author describes how he arrived ‘fictionally home’ in the imaginary village of Faha and how he celebrates the generosity, dignity and humour of his community
Shauna Lawless: ‘This is always what I’ve loved about Irish mythology: the drama and the magic’
The author of historical fantasy on the latest book in her Gael Song: Era II series, the importance of research, and reasserting women’s perspectives
Maurice J Casey and John Waddell win Michel Déon Prize
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AK Blakemore: ‘The best historical fiction is comfortable living with the sheer weirdness of the past’
The author on new novel Doom Painting, the parts of English history that are ‘intentionally minimised’, and her memories of 2005 bombings of London
Roddy Doyle returns to Barrytown
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Booker Prize shortlist: two former winners in running for £50,000 prize
Scottish author Douglas Stuart, who won with Shuggie Bain in 2020, is back with John of John, and Jamaican writer Marlon James, who won in 2015 with A Brief History of Seven Killings, returns with The Disappearers
Trespasses author Louise Kennedy: ‘I lived on adrenaline all my life from kitchens’
The author on her new novel, Stations, moving south from the North, and how she ‘hired’ Gillian Anderson