Cathy Sweeney: ‘I spent so many years in a desperate struggle to do things right’Teacher-turned-author on her debut short story collection and why she has given up on trying to be ‘normal’Wed Mar 11 2020 - 06:00
Sex and Lies review: testimonies from women in MoroccoLeila Slimani bravely portrays accounts of extra-marital sex punishable by lawSun Feb 23 2020 - 06:00
House of Trelawney: Madcap story of the whims of the wealthyBook review: Hannah Rothschild has created a clever and enjoyable story exploring the links between old and new moneySat Feb 08 2020 - 06:00
Grown Ups: the familiar magic of Marian KeyesBook review: Deep understanding of human frailty infuses smart, effortless readTue Feb 04 2020 - 06:00
Eoin Colfer: ‘Humour defines me ... I’m obsessed with it’The Artemis Fowl creator on the long-awaited film – and the publication of his 43rd bookSat Feb 01 2020 - 06:00
American Dirt: tight plot about Mexican border and migrantsJeanine Cummins’s very important novel places you at the heart of human terrorWed Jan 22 2020 - 06:00
New Irish authors to watch out for in 2020It’s shaping up to be a strong year for new writingThu Jan 09 2020 - 06:00
There There: Powerful debut examines life as a Native AmericanBook Review: Tommy Orange uses disparate narratives to counter the stereotypesThu Jan 09 2020 - 06:00
Books preview 2020: Our vision for the year aheadWhat to look out for in Irish and international fiction, non-fiction and poetrySat Dec 28 2019 - 06:00
Where the Crawdads Sing: a tale whose core is motherhoodDelia Owens’s best-selling novel revolves around love and a murder mysteryTue Dec 17 2019 - 06:00
Blindboy’s new book is a bestseller – but I don’t get itBoulevard Wren and Other Stories: Too often these stories drift and swaySun Nov 24 2019 - 06:00
The book I want for Christmas: Paschal Donohoe, Alison Spittle, Joseph O’Connor and moreSeven well known readers and writers share the books they'll be giving and getting this ChristmasThu Nov 21 2019 - 05:00
Collected Stories by Elizabeth Bowen: Literature to be read again and againBook review: Short stories from yesteryear are cunning and illuminatingTue Nov 19 2019 - 06:00
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas: Heartbreaking and hilariousBook review: Adam Kay is back with more fascinating true stories from hospitalSat Oct 26 2019 - 06:00
We Are The Weather: we know and care about the planet but still refuse to actJonathan Safran Foer simultaneously tries to bring us out of the present moment and back into itThu Oct 24 2019 - 06:00
Republic of Shame: Read this book nowBook review: Caelainn Hogan gives voice to the survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homesSun Sept 29 2019 - 06:00
Talking to Strangers: Malcolm Gladwell at his bestBook Review: New Yorker writer takes a fire poker to our fixed set of assumptions by examining why society is so polarised and what we can do about itMon Sept 16 2019 - 06:00
Inland by Téa Obreht just might be the literary event of 2019Book review: I disliked this on first read, then was absolutely blown awayWed Aug 21 2019 - 06:00
How to Forget: Kate Mulgrew achingly details her parents’ sufferingBook review: The Star Trek actor spares nothing in this memoir about caring for her parentsWed Aug 07 2019 - 06:00
The Porpoise review: A chilling story ventures into dangerous landsMark Haddon’s new novel is a reworking of a lesser-known Shakespeare playSat May 11 2019 - 06:00
Being Various review: Irish life from many anglesNew collection of short stories features everything from crime fiction to young adult, magical realism and new modernismSat May 04 2019 - 06:00
How to Fail review: true stories told with humilityPodcaster and novelist Elizabeth Day’s failure-filled book is gloriously life-affirmingSat Apr 06 2019 - 06:00
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession: A simple pleasureThis debut is decidedly not woke and not cool but its message about life is worth heedingSat Mar 23 2019 - 00:00
Charlie Savage review: Roddy Doyle is fluent in north-DublineseRoddy Doyle’s character sketches use humour that is never mocking, never overstatedSat Mar 16 2019 - 06:00
Leonard and Hungry Paul review: Dorks in a time of pithy millennialsIt’s been called ‘up-lit’ but Rónán Hession’s debut is more geekily nuanced than thatSat Mar 02 2019 - 06:00
Happening review: An investigation of ‘the reality of an unforgettable event’Annie Ernaux’s indiscriminate telling is a real attempt at truthSat Feb 16 2019 - 06:00
‘I spent my time at a desk, writing. Or not writing’Niamh Donnelly went to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre with the weight of failure and ambitionSat Nov 17 2018 - 06:00
Why I love . . . cross-country running‘It will be painful, it will be arduous, it will hurt and it will be glorious’ – Niamh DonnellySat Oct 27 2018 - 06:00
‘I cannot abide the tyranny of the bill bully’Sound Off: Some seem to hate this outrageous notion of people paying only for what they orderSat Jun 16 2018 - 06:00
Hennessy New Irish Writing: How to float by Niamh DonnellyTwo girls drift through a polluted paradise in this month’s winning Hennessy New Irish Writing short story by Niamh DonnellySat Nov 28 2015 - 00:46
