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Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature 2026
There have been 122 literature laureates to date, of whom only 18 have been women
By Martin Doyle
A nuanced and frankly terrifying guide to averting global annihilation
This Cursed Beautiful Land review: Evan Gershkovich tells his story of imprisonment in Russia
Jeffrey Archer, bestselling ‘storyteller’ and disgraced politician, dies at 86
The Weight of Angels by John Boyne: What if Oscar Wilde had lived long beyond his 46 years?
Former politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
Alice Cooper’s new book lacks bite, but the definitive story of The Shadows is masterful
‘As a former Catholic priest, I understood what it meant to have a calling to poetry’
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POETRY
Housing the Nation by Lorcan Sirr and Brittle by Ronan Lyons: indictments of an untenable system
By Rosemary Hennigan
Female Life on Planet Earth by Laleh Khadivi: Too many perspectives, not enough of an emotional thread
By Djamel White
Glorious Monsters by Martina Devlin: An engrossing novel about Frankenstein author Mary Shelley
By John Boyne
Shauna Lawless: ‘This is always what I’ve loved about Irish mythology: the drama and the magic’
By Martin Doyle
All About My Mother: An engaging account of family life from Diana Rigg’s daughter
By Desmond Traynor
James Marriott’s The New Dark Ages: A lucid, well-written antidote for the distracted public
By Kevin Power
Stations by Louise Kennedy: A masterwork from the heir to Edna O’Brien’s agile indignation
By Greg Londe
Exposed – The Scandals that Shook the Irish State: Drawing a line from the past to today’s hot issues
By Harry Higgins
Ukrainian Lessons - Art in a Time of War: A plea about a conflict in the here and now
By Andrew Cunning
On the Equality of All Things by Carlo Rovelli: A sceptical eye on humanity’s grand claims
By John Banville
AK Blakemore: ‘The best historical fiction is comfortable living with the sheer weirdness of the past’
By Martin Doyle
Ireland - Why it Matters to be an Island by Michael Cronin: Stirring, provocative, unashamedly cerebral
By Andrew Lynch
