‘Second Irish literary renaissance’ documented in new book of interviews
‘Extraordinary testimony’ to Irish writing includes Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Sally Rooney and dozens more
Anna Burns
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A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2026 – A good listener’s illuminating, engaging conversations
The 60 authors in this ‘career retrospective’ include Claire Keegan, Anne Enright, Maeve Binchy and Sebastian Barry
Anna Burns: ‘When I got damaged in surgery, nothing else mattered. I’ve always lived in survival mode’
The Booker Prize-winning author on writing through the pain, growing up in Belfast’s Murder Triangle and getting sober after leaving the ‘boozy’ city for London
50 years of women’s writing: The 21st century – a boom time... or is it?
Irish women writers’ success would be a cause for celebration, were it not for those pesky figures
Irish Times readers pick Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These as the best Irish book of the 21st century
How do your top 25 books compare to the rankings of 60 experts? Claire Keegan’s work is a firm favourite among both groups
Books: Vote for the best Irish fiction of the 21st century
Our experts have ranked the best Irish novels and story collections published since 2000. Now it is your turn
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 25 to No 1
A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: how we made the list and what it says about the state of Irish fiction
The Irish Times assembled a panel of 60 experts to select the best Irish books of the years 2000-2025. Here’s how we did it
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 50 to No 26
A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 100 to No 51
The Irish Times assembled a panel of 60 experts – authors, critics, academics, festival curators, booksellers and journalists – to select the best Irish novels and short story collections of the years 2000-2025
I wanted to write a book about Irish women’s writing. They told me to include men
If anything will embitter you, it is researching and writing a history of Irish women’s writing
An evening at Dublin’s new Silent Book Club: ‘It’s free, it’s chill’
Monthly gathering at Dublin’s Mish.Mash Art Caffé aims to create a calm, welcoming space to read with others
North stars: ‘The vitality of Northern Irish writing has always coincided with political upheaval’
Belfast has a healthy literary scene, closely connected with Queen’s University, whose creative writing tutors include poets Gail McConnell and Stephen Sexton
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Ukrainian community in Ireland overwhelmed with support and donations
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