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The Book Quiz: Kafka, Keyes and killing mockingbirds

Test your literary knowledge with a quiz on everything from Shakespeare to Roald Dahl

Wed Feb 18 2015 - 15:00

Literary Twitterati: do you bookmark or dog ear?

Our weekly round-up of tweets from the book world

Wed Feb 18 2015 - 14:00
10 love stories we love for Valentine’s Day

10 love stories we love for Valentine’s Day

Love, lies and lecherous uncles – literary loves down through the ages

Sat Feb 14 2015 - 12:00
New fiction: A Shadow in the Yard by Liz McManus

New fiction: A Shadow in the Yard by Liz McManus

A tale of two cities and two women 30 years apart

Sat Feb 14 2015 - 01:23
Literary listings

Literary listings

News and upcoming events in the books world

Wed Feb 11 2015 - 17:48
Brave New Voices: teenage poets target HBO slam

Brave New Voices: teenage poets target HBO slam

Young Irish poets hope to perform at major US event this summer

Mon Feb 09 2015 - 15:49
Review: Over Our Heads by Andrew Fox

Review: Over Our Heads by Andrew Fox

Snapshots of lives half-lived in this insightful, well-paced and observational collection

Sun Feb 08 2015 - 01:00
Ireland Literature Exchange turns 21

Ireland Literature Exchange turns 21

Literary listings: Writing course places up for grabs and Shakespeare lecture series

Wed Feb 04 2015 - 16:47
Review: If I Fall, If I Die, by Michael Christie

Review: If I Fall, If I Die, by Michael Christie

Story of a mother who keeps her son locked away from the world reads as an allegory of the rampant anxiety of the modern age

Sun Feb 01 2015 - 01:07
Holocaust Memorial Day: 10 books that bear witness

Holocaust Memorial Day: 10 books that bear witness

To mark today’s 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, here is a reading list of works that address Nazi Germany’s atrocities and their legacy

Tue Jan 27 2015 - 10:36
Review: The Lightning Tree, by Emily Woof

Review: The Lightning Tree, by Emily Woof

Lightning only strikes once for these star-crossed lovers

Sat Jan 24 2015 - 01:24
Ross’s golden ticket, a literary love-in for Valentine’s and everyone’s for Ennis

Ross’s golden ticket, a literary love-in for Valentine’s and everyone’s for Ennis

News and upcoming events in the books world

Thu Jan 22 2015 - 15:40
Review: Weathering, by Lucy Wood

Review: Weathering, by Lucy Wood

Debut novel brilliantly uses the weather to tell a story of mother-daughter relationships and the human need for connection

Sat Jan 17 2015 - 01:00
John Green stars as booksellers report strong 2014

John Green stars as booksellers report strong 2014

Roy Keane pips Brian O’Driscoll at the post

Thu Jan 15 2015 - 11:17
Literary listings

Literary listings

News and upcoming events in the books world

Wed Jan 14 2015 - 17:44

The Book Quiz: Poetry, plays and prize winners

This week's quiz looks at prize-winning literature and authors, from Nobel laureates to the Bord Gais Energy Awards, and which Irish author has the Obama seal of approval

Wed Jan 14 2015 - 12:00

Five great reads to get your mind around

As 'mindfulness' dominates our bookshelves, Sarah Gilmartin picks five books to help you keep in touch with your thoughts and feelings

Tue Jan 13 2015 - 12:00

Mindfulness books prove a goldmine for booksellers

Self-help genre sales up 28% in 2014

Tue Jan 13 2015 - 12:00
The Story of Land and Sea

The Story of Land and Sea

Katy Simpson Smith’s first novel breaks the rules only to win hearts

Sun Jan 11 2015 - 08:00

Orphans, by Hadrien Laroche

Paperback review

Sat Jan 10 2015 - 16:56
First Fortnight festival, Costa winners and Listowel workshops

First Fortnight festival, Costa winners and Listowel workshops

Literary listings and book news

Wed Jan 07 2015 - 17:24
Publisher branches out into children’s fiction

Publisher branches out into children’s fiction

Sat Jan 03 2015 - 19:00

World of outsiders on lonely path on life’s fringes: Greetings Hero by Aiden O’Reilly

Sat Jan 03 2015 - 18:00

2015 in books: Literary debuts and short fiction

Wealth of emerging talent due to hit the bookshelves in 2015

Sat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00

2015 in books: Biography and memoir

King of the Blaskets, Hitchcock and the troubled McQueen

Sat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00

2015 in books: Children’s and young-adult fiction

Life, loss and a disastrous Irish superhero family

Sat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00

2015 in books: Crime, thrillers and popular fiction

Charlie Parker and DC Max Wolfe back on the beat, and family screts loom large in popular fiction

Sat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00

2015 in books: Literary Fiction

Sarah Gilmartin picks the literary fiction titles to look out for in 2015

Sat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00

2015 in books: Non-fiction

Sarah Gilmartin rounds up the most anticipated book in economics, history, currents affairs, science, music and sport

Sat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00

2015 in books: Poetry, literature and language

From Durcan and Muldoon to Ní Chuilleanáin and Ní Ghríofa, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and the misuse of Irish

Sat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00

Literary listings: upcoming events in the Irish books world

Get involved in the Irish literary community with a range of books events in early 2015

Fri Dec 26 2014 - 15:00
Top ten reads: Jesus in fiction

Top ten reads: Jesus in fiction

In celebration of his birthday, here are ten books inspired by Jesus Christ and his disciples

Thu Dec 25 2014 - 10:00
One book wonders

One book wonders

While a hit novel is often the start of a long writing career, some authors just quit while they're ahead and leave with just one shining masterpiece. Sarah Gilmartin lists the best one book wonders in history

Tue Dec 23 2014 - 15:00
Surge: New Writing from Ireland - Shards of glass and solid bricks in a winning collection

Surge: New Writing from Ireland - Shards of glass and solid bricks in a winning collection

New writers hold their own against more established names in this enjoyable short story collection

Sat Dec 20 2014 - 18:00
Fallen review: love in death in Rising Dublin

Fallen review: love in death in Rising Dublin

Lia Mills’s novel explores the role of Irish soldiers in the first World War and the rebellions taking place in Ireland

Sat Dec 20 2014 - 16:20
When Mystical Creatures Attack: Darkness gets a silver lining

When Mystical Creatures Attack: Darkness gets a silver lining

Review: Kathleen Found’s inventive debut collection has the cohesion and clout of a novel

Sun Dec 14 2014 - 09:00
Literary listings

Literary listings

Upcoming events in the Irish books world

Wed Dec 10 2014 - 14:27
Fathers Come First, by Rosita Sweetman: A woman’s take  on chauvinistic and grim 1970s Ireland

Fathers Come First, by Rosita Sweetman: A woman’s take on chauvinistic and grim 1970s Ireland

Review: an engaging, painfully honest account of a young woman trying to find her feet in shifting, seedy Seventies Dublin

Sun Dec 07 2014 - 00:54

Literary Twitterati: top tens and visions of the future

Our weekly round-up of tweets from the book world

Fri Dec 05 2014 - 06:00
Gwendolen by Diana Souhami

Gwendolen by Diana Souhami

Diana Souhami has convincingly updated the story of Gwendolen from ‘Daniel Deronda’

Thu Dec 04 2014 - 10:00
Ten of the best scandalous reads

Ten of the best scandalous reads

For the cold winter nights, 10 books that pushed the boundaries of sex in fiction

Thu Dec 04 2014 - 01:00
Literary listings

Literary listings

Upcoming events in the Irish books world

Thu Nov 27 2014 - 12:38
Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe: a laugh-out-loud gem of a novel

Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe: a laugh-out-loud gem of a novel

Debut novel has humour and heart in depiction of a mum on verge of a breakup breakdown

Sun Nov 23 2014 - 06:00
Forsaken, by Gerard Lee: vivid rendering of  a disturbed child’s inner world

Forsaken, by Gerard Lee: vivid rendering of a disturbed child’s inner world

Review: Actor and poet writes with rhythm and understanding in his first novel

Sat Nov 15 2014 - 01:00
Faber CEO Stephen Page talks positive at Dublin Book Festival

Faber CEO Stephen Page talks positive at Dublin Book Festival

Speakers highlight squeeze on public funding of the arts

Fri Nov 14 2014 - 18:40
Literary listings

Literary listings

A round-up of literary news and events

Fri Nov 14 2014 - 18:19
A worthy rival to Colm Tóibín and David Mitchell: Academy Street

A worthy rival to Colm Tóibín and David Mitchell: Academy Street

Mary Costello uses restrained writing and characterisation to paint decades of a migrant life in New York

Sat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
The L factor: a literary ambassador for Ireland

The L factor: a literary ambassador for Ireland

Thirty-four authors have made the longlist for the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction

Wed Nov 05 2014 - 01:00
An  Irish girl fights her own WWI battles: White Feathers

An Irish girl fights her own WWI battles: White Feathers

Review: Susan Lanigan’s well-researched debut has an unusual point of view, but it’s uneven

Sat Nov 01 2014 - 00:54
Literary listings

Literary listings

Recent awards and events taking place in the literary world

Fri Oct 31 2014 - 07:39
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