Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award won by Irish author for two years runningA Q&A with This Happy author Niamh Campbell, winner of £30,000 short story prizeThu Jul 02 2020 - 16:00
Books of 2020: Max Porter, Emilie Pine, Sara Baume and more pick the best reads of the year so farMaggie O’Farrell, Curtis Sittenfeld and Doireann Ní Ghríofa feature in our summer-friendly titlesTue Jun 30 2020 - 06:10
The books quiz: Who was the alcoholic priest in Strumpet City?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 28 2020 - 01:00
Colson Whitehead: ‘I lacked imagination to conceive how terrible Trump would be’The winner of two Pulitzer prizes on the exhausting task of writing about racismSat Jun 27 2020 - 06:31
Adrian Duncan wins inaugural John McGahern Book PrizeColm Tóibín praises ‘pitch perfect debut’ Love Notes from a German Building SiteFri Jun 26 2020 - 00:01
The books quiz: What is the name of Anne Enright’s first novel?10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 21 2020 - 06:00
‘I started writing because as an actor you need others’ permission to work’Ros na Rún star Domhnall O’Donoghue on the influences that fed into his new novelTue Jun 16 2020 - 05:47
Book quiz: Which coffee chain is named after Capt Ahab’s first mate?The weekly quiz ... 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 14 2020 - 06:00
Christine Dwyer Hickey wins £25,000 Walter Scott PrizeThis year’s Dublin One City One Book author wins for novel about artists Edward and Jo HopperFri Jun 12 2020 - 19:45
Louise Kennedy, Niamh Campbell, Adrian McKinty and Michelle Gallen shortlistedA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Jun 11 2020 - 17:00
Book quiz: What is Boo Radley’s first name in To Kill a Mockingbird?Are you on first-name terms with authors and characters? 10 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun Jun 07 2020 - 12:50
Niamh O’Donnell is new Poetry Ireland directorA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu Jun 04 2020 - 15:29
Father Ted creator to publish spoof Dominic Cummings diaryFaber to release Arthur Mathews’s satire on controversial British government adviserThu Jun 04 2020 - 10:33
Fergal McNally is first Irish winner of Caterpillar Poetry PrizeRoger McGough chooses winning poem for children who ‘sometimes feel out-of-step with the world’Thu Jun 04 2020 - 09:00
Paddy Raff: Comedy star of the coronavirus lockdownA young Belfast comedian is taking social media by storm with his lockdown-life skitsWed Jun 03 2020 - 05:38
Prize book quiz: test your knowledge to win a €200 books hamperWelcome to The Irish Times prize book quiz: 50 questions to test your literary knowledgeSun May 31 2020 - 06:30
€10,000 Michel Déon Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist revealedA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu May 28 2020 - 09:00
Shortlists for €30,000 Dalkey Literary Awards revealedDalkey Book Festival cancelled but prizes recognise Irish writing is having a momentSat May 23 2020 - 05:00
Twenty-seven-year-old Irish debut novelist signs six-figure dealLouise Nealon was spotted by top agent after her story was published in The Irish TimesFri May 22 2020 - 09:00
Edna O’Brien, Billy O’Callaghan and David Keenan shortlisted for major prizesA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of the latest literary newsThu May 21 2020 - 14:15
Women win big at KPMG Children’s Books Ireland AwardsMáire Zepf, Sarah Crossan, Ashling Lindsay, Kim Sharkey and Meg Grehan honouredTue May 19 2020 - 12:30
‘I am deeply interested in Ireland’s complex past’‘I have a ritual of making tea, lighting a candle and then I am gone into my fictional world’Fri May 15 2020 - 05:50
Book news round-up: Rónán Hession shortlisted for major prizeA preview of Saturday’s pages; Pigott Poetry Prize; BAIS prize; Trócaire Poetry Ireland competition; ILFD podcasts; Cruinniú na nÓg; Irish Writers’ ArchiveThu May 14 2020 - 13:31
Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year shortlist revealedA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsThu May 07 2020 - 12:53
Former state pathologist Marie Cassidy to publish memoir in OctoberA preview of Saturday’s books pagesFri May 01 2020 - 14:46
Gruffalo’s Axel Scheffler illustrates free children’s book explaining Covid-19Gill Books download ‘explains the coronavirus in a colourful and calming way’Fri May 01 2020 - 10:33
A €10,000 poem: read Nave, winner of the Moth Poetry PrizeJudge Claudia Rankine explains why she chose Australian poet Damen O’BrienThu Apr 30 2020 - 18:30
Eavan Boland: ‘Pathfinder, farewell’ – tributes to ‘a pillar of Irish poetry’‘I will cherish her exemplary life for the rest of my own life’Tue Apr 28 2020 - 17:42
Eavan Boland, leading Irish poet and champion of the female voice, dies aged 75Poet, who returned last month from teaching at Stanford University, suffered a strokeMon Apr 27 2020 - 20:52
Irish booksellers boosted by An Post deal and reopening of key wholesale supplierA preview of Saturday’s books coverage and a roundup of this week’s literary newsThu Apr 23 2020 - 14:09
O’Farrell, Mantel and Evaristo on Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlistJenny Offill, Natalie Haynes and Angie Cruz also in running for £30,000 prizeTue Apr 21 2020 - 19:16
‘I had two operations, chemo, radiation, my wedding and turned 50 before I hit send’Nicola Pierce Q&A: ‘You will never be lonely as long as you have a book in your hand’Tue Apr 21 2020 - 05:28
Boost for readers and authors as Irish bookshops back onlineA preview of Saturday’s books pages and round-up of literary newsThu Apr 16 2020 - 13:06
A picture book on the Táin would be daft. What if I tried writing it as a YA novel?Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick reimagines the Táin as a tale of first love and teenage aggressionTue Apr 14 2020 - 09:37
Stephen Sexton shortlisted for £30,000 Dylan Thomas PrizeA preview of tomorrow’s book pagesFri Apr 10 2020 - 15:44
Helena Close Q&A: ‘Serve your apprenticeship. There are no short cuts’The author of The Gone Book on her writing lifeMon Apr 06 2020 - 05:47
Steve Cavanagh: ‘I love Bosch for his heart, Reacher because he is unfettered by laws’The Belfast-based thriller writer on his new book, Fifty Fifty, and his literary lovesFri Apr 03 2020 - 06:07
Poets launch Unlaunched Books podcastA preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Apr 02 2020 - 17:34
International Booker Prize 2020 shortlist announcedTranslations from Spanish, German, Dutch, Farsi and Japanese up for £50,000 prizeThu Apr 02 2020 - 12:25
Laugh in the time of Corona: Favourite funny booksNo, I don’t want to read about the plague. I want to smile, laugh even. These might helpSat Mar 28 2020 - 06:05
Ruth Gilligan Q&A: ‘the tension between modern and ancient Ireland fascinates me’The Butchers author on her new novel set along the Border during the BSE crisisFri Mar 27 2020 - 06:04
Winners of Cúirt New Writing Prize announcedA preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Mar 26 2020 - 16:20
Philip’s Book Shop in Mallow and Lilliput Press represent Ireland at British Book AwardsA preview of Saturday’s books pagesThu Mar 19 2020 - 13:33
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal is this Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offerA preview of Saturday’s books pages and the latest literary newsThu Mar 12 2020 - 12:26
Three Irish novels on £25,000 Walter Scott Prize longlistChristine Dwyer Hickey, Joseph O’Connor and Niall Williams up for historical fiction awardMon Mar 09 2020 - 09:00
Michael Harding is Bealtaine Festival Book Club author 2020A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a roundup of the latest literary newsThu Mar 05 2020 - 12:48
Browser: A family history weaved through Balkan landscapeBrief reviews of The Revisionaries by A R Moxon and Maugherow: A Much Wilder PlaceSat Feb 29 2020 - 00:00
Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-Goff is new Irish Times Eason offerA preview of tomorrow’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary newsFri Feb 28 2020 - 11:50
‘I had to tell my mum not to say that as it means something else’Words don’t always mean what people think they mean. Just look at this Twitter conversationFri Feb 28 2020 - 05:25
2020 International Booker Prize longlist revealedMichel Houellebecq and Irish translator Shaun Whiteside up for £50,000 awardThu Feb 27 2020 - 10:00
