The Books Quiz: What was Dr Seuss’s very first book for children?Plus: Which Irish city is the setting for Ken Bruen’s ferocious Jack Taylor crime novels?Sun Jul 25 2021 - 06:00
Irish Times summer fiction; Irish authors on comedy prize longlist; John Hewitt festivalLuke O’Neill to judge science prize; a preview of Saturday’s pagesThu Jul 22 2021 - 11:00
The Books Quiz: Normal People by Sally Rooney started life as a short story called...?Here are 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jul 11 2021 - 06:00
Sally Rooney’s new novel: fans treated to a tantalising tasterIn crisp, cool prose, the extract introduces Eileen, 29, and her childhood friend SimonTue Jul 06 2021 - 09:52
The Books Quiz: What is the surname of the children in The Chronicles of Narnia?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jul 04 2021 - 06:00
AK Blakemore wins Desmond Elliott Prize; and a round-up of this week’s book newsA preview of Saturday’s pages; RB Kelly shortlisted; Ingrid Persaud wins againFri Jul 02 2021 - 10:47
Hilary Fannin wins John McGahern Book Prize for debut Irish fictionThe Weight of Love by Irish Times columnist follows memoir Hopscotch and several playsTue Jun 29 2021 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: Elif Shafak allegedly ‘insulted Turkishness’ in which novel?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 27 2021 - 06:05
The best books of 2021 so far: Novels, memoirs, short stories and moreAuthors and critics choose the books that have moved and impressed them this yearSat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00
Jim McElroy and Dean Browne win poetry awardsA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 24 2021 - 13:53
The books quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeKate Bush’s Brontë inspiration and Catherine Ryan Howard’s rollercoaster yearSun Jun 20 2021 - 06:00
Irish writers in running for big prizes and Yan Ge signs two-book deal with FaberThis week’s literary news and tomorrow’s books pagesFri Jun 18 2021 - 10:04
Browser: A child’s shame at her mother’s cultural differenceBrief reviews of Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki Brina, Jaipur Journals by Namita Gokhale, This is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole PerlrothSat Jun 12 2021 - 00:00
Michael and Edna Longley honoured; and two major Irish book dealsA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 03 2021 - 12:03
Herman the Hermit Crab wins Caterpillar Poetry PrizeMichael Morpurgo chooses Christine McBeth’s moving sea life poem as winnerThu Jun 03 2021 - 11:00
Anakana Schofield wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for BinaEiléan Ní Chuilleanáin’s Collected Poems wins Pigott Poetry Prize at Listowel festivalWed Jun 02 2021 - 22:00
Looking for a great read? Here are 10 new books we loved in MayMust-read titles from Sinéad O’Connor, Lisa McInerney, Jon McGregor and moreMon May 31 2021 - 06:10
The books quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeWho wrote the blistering Hollywood memoirs The Lonely Life and This ’n That?Sun May 30 2021 - 06:00
Colum McCann’s Apeirogon on Orwell Prize shortlist; TV deal for Jane CaseyA preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest book newsFri May 28 2021 - 13:00
Children’s Books Ireland award winners revealedDeirdre Sullivan, Karen Vaughan, Pádraig Kenny and Oein DeBhairduin honouredTue May 25 2021 - 13:00
The books quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeWhich newspaper printed J’Accuse, Émile Zola’s open letter about the Dreyfus affair?Sun May 23 2021 - 06:10
Browser: Opioid addiction to natural wondersBrief reviews of: Transcendent Kingdom; In the Garden: Essays on Nature and Growing; Great CircleSat May 22 2021 - 00:00
Caoilinn Hughes wins £10,000 Encore award for The Wild LaughterGalway author has now won major prizes for her poetry, short stories and novelsThu May 20 2021 - 19:00
A plethora of prizes and a new festivalA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest newsThu May 20 2021 - 13:15
Dirty Linen: a personal history of Northern IrelandMartin Doyle on growing up in a Northern Ireland shrouded in bigotry and violenceSat May 15 2021 - 06:00
President leads tributes to Seamus Deane‘The death of Seamus Deane is an incalculable loss to Irish critical writing’Thu May 13 2021 - 12:19
Seamus Deane, leading Irish writer and critic, has died aged 81Derry author best known for Reading in the Dark and Field Day Anthology of Irish LiteratureThu May 13 2021 - 10:34
Ruth Gilligan wins RSL Ondaatje Prize for The ButchersYoungest Irish author to top bestseller list wins first major prize with her fifth novelTue May 11 2021 - 19:00
The books quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeWho wrote Reflections in a Golden Eye, the film of which starred Liz Taylor and Marlon Brando?Sun May 09 2021 - 06:00
Lisa McInerney: ‘I’m a hoor for attention. It has to be good attention, though’The writer feels nervous as she publishes her third Cork-set novel, The Rules of RevelationSun May 09 2021 - 06:00
Irish authors in running for several major prizesA round-up of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu May 06 2021 - 12:41
The books quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeWhich newspaper gave Hercule Poirot a front-page obituary when he died in 1975?Sun May 02 2021 - 06:00
They’re classics now, but what did we think of books by Yeats, Behan and Binchy at the time?How The Irish Times reviewed Irish literary greats, from WB Yeats to Anne EnrightSat May 01 2021 - 05:00
How The Irish Times reviewed ‘an impressive young Ulster poet’ named Seamus Heaney in 1966Michael Longley’s review of Death of a Naturalist was not entirely uncriticalFri Apr 30 2021 - 06:00
Ruth Gilligan on RSL Ondaatje Prize shortlistA preview of Saturday’s pages and round-up of literary newsThu Apr 29 2021 - 15:52
‘Ulysses was a large stomachful.’ How The Irish Times reviewed James Joyce in the 1920sOur original review of Finnegans Wake said the book was ‘exciting in its impenetrability’Thu Apr 29 2021 - 06:00
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021: Two sets of twins among the pearls on shortlistTwo debuts and three second novels are in the running for £30,000 awardWed Apr 28 2021 - 18:30
Looking for a great read? Here are 10 new books we loved in AprilMust-read titles from Louise Kennedy, Kevin Power, Emma Dabiri, John Cameron and moreMon Apr 26 2021 - 06:00
The Books Quiz: Where is Anne Enright’s The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch set?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Apr 25 2021 - 06:00
Booker International shortlist spans not just globe but outer spaceBooks on six-strong shortlist for £50,000 prize set in Europe, Latin America and spaceThu Apr 22 2021 - 17:00
Diane Louie wins 2021 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry PrizeA preview of Saturday’s pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Apr 22 2021 - 10:26
The Books Quiz: What is the name of Hilary Fannin’s poignant 2015 memoir?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Apr 18 2021 - 06:15
Shortlists for Dalkey Literary Awards 2021 revealed€30,000 prize fund for Irish writers to be awarded at Dalkey Book Festival in JuneFri Apr 16 2021 - 06:00
Irish writers longlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize and RSL Ondaatje PrizeA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Apr 15 2021 - 15:29
Special needs assistants need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as possible, says unionHome quarantine among compromises to be discussed by MinistersMon Apr 05 2021 - 13:28
The Books Quiz: Who wrote the epigraph in Donna Tartt’s The Secret History?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Apr 04 2021 - 06:10
Booksellers ask Taoiseach to be classed as essential retail and allowed to reopenEason offer; Saturday’s book pages; Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing; NI VoicesThu Apr 01 2021 - 15:46
The Books Quiz: What is that Long Kesh poitín called in In Praise of Poteen?The weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Mar 28 2021 - 06:00
Book prize news and Eason book offerRathbones Folio; Dylan Thomas; Francophonie; Republic of Consciousness prize listsThu Mar 25 2021 - 15:15
The Books Quiz: Irish winners of the Whitbread and Costa Book AwardsThe weekly challenge: 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Mar 21 2021 - 06:00
