Irish Book Awards 2024 shortlist: Sally Rooney, Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, David McWilliams and more
Winners of the 19th year of the An Post book awards will be announced at a ceremony in December
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Ireland’s first public space named after a woman writer is opened
Mary Lavin Place links Dublin’s Lad Lane – where the author and short story writer lived – to newly restored Wilton Park
Colm Tóibín on poet Paul Durcan turning 80: ‘Beside the wildness, there is tenderness’
Durcan’s poems are risk-taking explorations of where tragedy and comedy meet in contemporary Ireland. A selection of his finest work is gathered in a book
Sally Rooney’s novel Intermezzo is fastest-selling book in Republic this year
Normal People author’s title sold almost 12,000 copies in first five days on market
TikTok autumn trends: From Sade aesthetic and Filipino food to new BookTok favourites and more
Filipino cuisine is taking over in food while romance tropes such as #grumpysunshine dominate BookTok
The best books of 2024 so far: writers and critics choose their favourite reads
Colm Tóibín’s Long Island, Lucy Caldwell’s Openings, Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits and Niamh Mulvey’s The Amendments are among the novels with multiple selections
‘A place in the country’: Getaway where Colm Tóibín and Maeve Binchy were entertained on the market for €435,000
Laois home of late Irish Times literary editor Caroline Walsh and writer and professor James Ryan
Fifteen great audiobooks for your summer holidays and beyond
From Ann Patchett read by Meryl Streep to Anne Enright read by the author, there are plenty of books to curl up with this summer
Long Island by Colm Tóibín: Brooklyn sequel brings Eilis back to Enniscorthy
Novel picks up the story 20 years later, with a stranger delivering some surprising news
Colm Tóibín: ‘Writing a sequel to Brooklyn? The risk is cheapness’
The writer on finding the confidence to trace the journey of his character Eilis in follow-up novel Long Island
The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
May 18th-24th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Guide: Girls Aloud, Eric Clapton, Muldoon’s Picnic and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
May 11th-17th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Author Andrew Hughes on his new novel, writing the mind of a teenager and Killua Castle
Hughes’s new book, Emma, Disappeared, follows James Lyster, whose life begins to unravel after the disappearance of a high-achieving university graduate
Distant Summers: Remembering Philip Casey - A very fond farewell to the poet and novelist
Paula Meehan, Sebastian Barry, Colm Tóibín and others share fond memories of the writer
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