Books newsletter: Circling the Square; Leaves Festival; Leland Bardwell centenary; TS Eliot shortlistA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu Oct 20 2022 - 16:52
Booker Prize 2022: Shehan Karunatilaka wins with The Seven Moons of Maali AlmeidaComic noir mystery is set amid the murderous mayhem of civil war in author’s native Sri LankaTue Oct 18 2022 - 09:50
Elizabeth Strout: ‘You will continue to get better if you keep writing. That’s what I did’‘The storming of the Capitol affected me a great deal. I saw the deep divide in my country’Sun Oct 16 2022 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Butler Literary Award; ISLA and Red Line Festivals; Sally Hayden shortlistedA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu Oct 13 2022 - 11:57
Celeste Ng Q&A: ‘Even since I finished the book, reality has moved closer to dystopia’‘I began to imagine a world in which the country had already entered a post-democratic state’Sat Oct 08 2022 - 05:00
Adam Kay Q&A: ‘I don’t think either the NHS or the BBC have ever been in more peril’‘I major on the funny, but sneak in the politics,’ says the bestselling author of This is Going to HurtSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
Books newsletter: Dublin Book Festival; Butler Literary Award; Belfast International Arts Festival A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Sept 30 2022 - 13:38
Books newsletter: Sally Hayden on Baillie Gifford longlist; Granard festival; Murder OneA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Sept 22 2022 - 13:10
Joyce Carol Oates: ‘It is guaranteed that another mass shooting will take place soon’ The author on serial killers, Marilyn Monroe and her new novel, BabysitterSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:00
Sally Hayden wins €10,000 Michel Déon Prize for My Fourth Time, We DrownedAward-winning journalist’s debut on refugee crisis in Mediterranean won Orwell Prize in JulyThu Sept 15 2022 - 19:30
Books newsletter: Irish Book Week launched; Maeve Binchy festival; new library for FinglasA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest newsThu Sept 15 2022 - 13:20
Michael Longley: ‘Brexit is a monumental disaster promoted by bare-faced lies’Poet reflects on his latest collection, The Slain Birds, and his literary lifeMon Sept 12 2022 - 05:00
Eleanor Hooker wins Michael Hartnett Poetry Award; Butler Literary Award shortlist revealedBooks newsletter: A preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of literary newsThu Sept 08 2022 - 18:15
Books newsletter: Proust in Dublin; Culture Night; Catholicism debate; Yeats sculpture unveiledA preview of Saturday's pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Sept 01 2022 - 10:56
Northern sights: A tour of Belfast’s docks, gaol and linen trailMartin Doyle visits Belfast, invites literary types to share their tips and follows the linen trailSun Aug 28 2022 - 05:00
Hike it, bike it, drive it: Savour spectacular views on a tour of DonegalFor an off-grid, away-from-it-all experience, head into the Bluestack Mountains in deepest DonegalSun Aug 28 2022 - 05:00
Books at One expands to Dublin; Murder One and Capital Crime launch; Colm Tóibín premiereA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Aug 25 2022 - 16:46
Keith Ridgway and Amit Chaudhuri win £10,000 James Tait Black PrizesLondon-based Dubliner awarded fiction prize for A Shock; Indian author and singer wins biography prize for Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian MusicWed Aug 24 2022 - 19:00
Ian Hickey and Caroline Magennis share literary prize; writer sought for Krakow residencyA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Aug 18 2022 - 13:44
Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney is new Irish Times Eason book offerA preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Aug 11 2022 - 10:48
Kevin Sullivan wins 2022 Hubert Butler Essay Prize for a work filled with hopeRead the winning essay: In dark times, what can be done to resist the abuse of political power?Tue Aug 09 2022 - 17:00
Colin Davidson on his powerful portraits and urban scenesThe artist discusses his larger-than-life portraits, Belfast cityscapes and Silent Testimony, his Troubles seriesSat Jul 23 2022 - 06:00
Seeking a summer read? Critics and authors pick the best books of 2022 so farReading recommendations from Anne Enright, Colm Tóibín, Fintan O’Toole and many moreSat Jul 23 2022 - 05:00
Louise Kennedy on Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlist; Margaret Atwood at Clifden festival A preview of Saturday's books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jul 21 2022 - 00:02
Claire Keegan and Sally Hayden win Orwell Prizes in double Irish successSmall Things Like These wins fiction prize and The Fourth Time We Drowned wins nonfiction prizeThu Jul 14 2022 - 21:00
Ian Hyland buys Quartet Books; World Library Congress comes to DublinA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jul 14 2022 - 17:55
Edna O’Brien wins Pleasure of Reading Prize; Dubray opens third new book store in six monthsA preview of tomorrow's books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Jul 08 2022 - 10:37
Michael Longley wins €250,000 Feltrinelli Poetry Prize and Ian Duhig wins Hawthornden PrizeA preview of Saturday's books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 30 2022 - 16:22
The Books Quiz: What was BookTok sensation and bestselling author Colleen Hoover’s first novel?10 multiple-choice questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 19 2022 - 06:00
Ruth Ozeki wins Women’s Prize; Padraig Regan and Nick Laird on Forward Prize shortlistsA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 16 2022 - 13:11
Luke Cassidy shortlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize; Belfast Book Festival set for take-offA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Jun 09 2022 - 15:06
The Books Quiz: Who won what and a few wheres too?Test your literary knowledge with our weekly quizSun Jun 05 2022 - 06:00
Claire Keegan and Martina Evans win Listowel Writers Week novel and poetry prizesA round-up of the latest literary news and a preview of Saturday's pagesThu Jun 02 2022 - 11:27
Poem explaining war in Ukraine to grandchild wins Caterpillar Poetry PrizeShihab Nye chose Carole Bromley’s poem Pry’vit as winnerThu Jun 02 2022 - 06:54
Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell win 2022 International Booker PrizeTomb of SandThu May 26 2022 - 22:30
Five Irish on Orwell Prize shortlists; Sally Hayden also on Michel Déon listA preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsWed May 18 2022 - 13:00
Patricia Lockwood awarded £20,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas PrizeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri May 13 2022 - 10:27
Bono to publish memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, in NovemberSinger writes for first time about his own life in 40 chapters, each named after a U2 songTue May 10 2022 - 14:18
Gail McConnell wins £7,500 Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial PrizeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri May 06 2022 - 11:21
Book news round-up: Aniqah Choudhri wins The Moth Poetry PrizeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and the latest literary newsFri Apr 29 2022 - 10:50
Sally Rooney to headline this year’s Dalkey Book FestivalLine-up includes Russia experts Fiona Hill and Catherine Belton and Simon SchamaFri Apr 29 2022 - 09:00
Gail McConnell wins John Pollard Prize; Tóibín and Smyth on Walter Scott shortlistA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Apr 14 2022 - 12:13
A library of neglected gems: books that deserve to be better readRoy Foster, Emilie Pine, Lucy Caldwell, Kit de Waal and 11 other writers on books that deserve betterTue Apr 12 2022 - 06:00
International Booker Prize: former winners and first-timers on shortlistWorks translated from Korean, Norwegian, Japanese, Spanish, Polish and, a first, HindiThu Apr 07 2022 - 11:24
Keith Ridgway and Luke Cassidy on UK prize lists as Irish Novel of the Year list is revealedA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Apr 07 2022 - 10:54
Book deals and prize success for Irish authorsA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Apr 01 2022 - 17:47
$165,000 prize won by poet who went underground in Dublin for 40 yearsWong May wins Windham-Campbell Prize for poems that ‘exhilarate and excoriate’Tue Mar 29 2022 - 19:15
Browser: How the idea for a union of European states developedBrief reviews of The Pursuit of Europe by Anthony Pagden, One Body by Catherine Simpson and Otherlands by Thomas HallidaySat Mar 26 2022 - 00:00
32 wonderful Irish books: One set in every county in IrelandSt Patrick’s Week 2022: Not everyone has a book in them, but every Irish county doesThu Mar 17 2022 - 06:00
