€20,000 UL writer’s fellowship – where do I sign?Literary listings: Earagail Arts Festival; Long Night of the Short Story; Happy Days; Dromineer festival; Italo-Irish book launchThu Jul 16 2015 - 15:55
New Fiction: The Girl Missing from the Window, by Paul O’ReillyStories that would make for great gossip in small townsSat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
Review: Young Irelanders, Edited by Dave LordanAge-old themes are revisited in an anthology of short stories by new and established authorsSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Erotic fiction that puts 50 Shades in the shadeAs EL James’s new Fifty Shades book Grey breaks sales records, here’s a top 10 list of literary erotica that has stood the test of timeThu Jun 25 2015 - 12:00
Listings: Hay Festival Kells, Focal Literary Festival, John Hewitt summer schoolKavanagh poetry fellowship details announced and Jeeves comes to the WestinThu Jun 25 2015 - 10:37
Sara Baume on longlist for £25,000 prizeDebut novel Spill Simmer Falter Wither is one of 13 nominees for the 2015 Warwick Prize for FictionWed Jun 24 2015 - 18:07
John le Carré: author, actor, soldier, spySpy master to appear in The Night Manager, his first TV adaptation in over 20 yearsWed Jun 24 2015 - 17:54
Grey pound of flesh pays off for EL JamesLatest Fifty Shades book outsells rest of top 10 in Ireland combined and breaks British first week sales recordWed Jun 24 2015 - 16:52
Literary twitterati: On The Road goes on the roadOur weekly round-up of tweets from the book worldWed Jun 24 2015 - 14:00
In cold blood: 10 thrilling readsAs Patricia Highsmith’s classic The Talented Mr Ripley turns 60, we bring you 10 more dark delightsTue Jun 23 2015 - 14:31
Review: Boo by Neil SmithAfterlife lessons in this tale of a teenage purgatorySat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
Literary listings: a new sports book award; Hay Festival Kells; Science Gallery fictionGalway Arts Festival; Over the Edge; West Cork Literary Festival; Patrick Kavanagh poetry competitionWed Jun 17 2015 - 16:08
Celebrating Bloomsday in 2015: from Stephen Fry to high-brow high teasAs authors offer up their favourite James Joyce quotations, a reader-friendly reinvention of the salon is the latest innovation in a reinvigorated Irish literary sceneThu Jun 11 2015 - 12:01
Literary listings: Dalkey Book Festival and Gutter fundraiserIrish Writers Centre events, Dublin Writers Retreat and Bloomsday celebrationsWed Jun 10 2015 - 16:55
The Book Quiz: Fantastic books and where to find themWith literary festivals around the country this month, Sarah Gilmartin tests you on all the latest book newsMon Jun 08 2015 - 08:00
Review: Eggshells, by Caitriona Lally: full of action and humourWalking around Dublin in search of a fairytale worldSat Jun 06 2015 - 01:00
Literary listings: Howth, Borris, Dublin, Hay Kells and BloomsdayEoin McNamee and Jurassic World competition winners announcedWed Jun 03 2015 - 16:37
My Buried Life, by Doreen Finn: much to like in a promising debutDark thoughts cast long shadow on story of grief, fractured families and redemptionSat May 16 2015 - 01:00
The Devil You Know, by Elisabeth de MariaffiPaperback review: Suspicions chop and change in this debut crime novelSun May 10 2015 - 01:12
Things We Have in Common by Tasha Kavanagh review: teenage fixationsThis complex novel has a dark and suspenseful plot that keeps the reader guessing until the final pagesSat May 09 2015 - 01:00
10 summer releases to watch out forNew novels from Milan Kundera, Paul Murray and Nuala Ní Chonchúir are among the season's highlightsFri May 08 2015 - 09:35
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett review: a rewarding voyage into the interiorA new debut collection from Stinging Fly, rooted in domestic and natural worlds, delivers on its intentSat May 02 2015 - 01:00
A feast of Joyce, Poetry Day Ireland, Little Island’s birthday and Leabhar NotaíLiterary listings: highbrow high teas; poems to make men cry; children's publisher turns five; and historical fiction as GaeilgeWed Apr 29 2015 - 18:10
Michael Longley shortlisted for $65,000 Griffin Poetry PrizeSeven Irish authors longlisted for 2015 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award; Ruth Frances Long wins Best Creator of Children’s Science Fiction and FantasyWed Apr 29 2015 - 12:18
The Good Son by Paul McVeigh: Where being different can be sometimes deadlyReview: The Belfast author’s spirited debut delivers a real sense of a broken family living in a broken societySat Apr 25 2015 - 01:00
Literary listings: Cúirt; Franco-Irish Literary Festival; Howth; Kells; West Cork; Wilde weekendUpcoming events in the books worldThu Apr 23 2015 - 10:12
Review: The Hennessy Book of Irish Fiction 2005-2015, edited by Ciarán Carty and Dermot BolgerShort story anthology showcasing the next generation of gifted Irish writersTue Apr 21 2015 - 12:00
Literary listings: UCC’s literary journal, Gallipoli 100, Bealtaine, Hays, ILFD and moreUpcoming events in the books worldThu Apr 16 2015 - 11:11
Sara Baume, Jane Casey and AN Other secure major book dealsJames Patterson’s bookshop pledge; book sales up; and a long list of shortlistsWed Apr 15 2015 - 15:20
The Shore, by Sara Taylor: Sex, drugs and oozing chicken necksReview: This is an audacious debut by a 24-year-old AmericanSat Apr 11 2015 - 01:00
New Fiction: The First Bad Man, by Miranda JulyIt’s down the rabbit hole we go with an entertainingly delusional misfitMon Apr 06 2015 - 06:00
The Book Quiz: Charles Bukowski, Kazuo Ishiguro and Dame Judi DenchTest your literary knowledge from plays to poetry in Sarah Gilmartin's book quizWed Apr 01 2015 - 12:00
New fiction: Skin, Paper, Stone by Máire T RobinsonReview: Stevie is a fully fleshed-out repesentative of the inner turmoil of a modern Irish womanSat Mar 28 2015 - 09:00
Literary listings: news and events in the books worldInternational shortlist, Folio Prize winner, International Literature Festival Dublin, Poetry Day Ireland, Franco-Irish Literary Festival, Michael Longley in Ballina, Claire Keegan in Killarney and spoken word in ClonakiltyThu Mar 26 2015 - 15:27
Literary twitterati: urban legends and short storiesOur weekly round-up of tweets from the book worldWed Mar 25 2015 - 16:45
New Fiction review: The Isle of Youth, by Laura van den BergShort story collection offer a darkly comic take on American lifeSat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
A literary festival calendarWith Mountains to Sea getting under way this week, the festival season is up and running so here's a handy guide to some dates for your diaryMon Mar 16 2015 - 17:00
New fiction: Weightless by Sarah BannanAction is at a remove in exploration of extreme world of teenagersSun Mar 15 2015 - 04:17
Literary listings: Listowel line-up, Cúirt bursary and Baileys longlistNews and events in the books worldThu Mar 12 2015 - 12:35
What’s not to love? Why the romantic novel has found new heartWith four Irish authors shortlisted for the 2015 Romantic Novel Awards, we look at a much maligned genre and how it’s evolvingWed Mar 11 2015 - 12:00
New Fiction: The Fishermen, by Chigozie ObiomaNigerian tale mines rich vein of myth and superstitionSun Mar 08 2015 - 01:00
Review: Making Nice by Matt SumellHumour shines through the darkness in a confident debut about life’s injusticesSun Mar 01 2015 - 00:42
A Welsh night, Writers’ Week, Poems Upstairs and Inspector BeanNews and upcoming events in the books worldThu Feb 26 2015 - 11:00
In praise of Anne Enright, by Sarah GilmartinIrish Women Writers series: ‘No matter what genre – short fiction, novels, memoir, essay – it’s that same dry Irish wit I keep going back for’Tue Feb 24 2015 - 21:00
New fiction: Magic realism in the Saskatchewan wildsEtta Gloria Kinnick, an octogenarian, sets off on a mammoth trek across Canada. Early dementia has started to cloud her mind, and Etta knows this is her last chance to fulfil a wish to swim in the sea.Sat Feb 21 2015 - 11:15
Fair Day for aspiring novelistsThe Irish Writers Centre hosts its annual Novel Fair this weekendThu Feb 19 2015 - 15:00
