What do Irish writers read? Donal Ryan, Mark Tighe, Nuala O’Connor, Claire Hennessy and more give recommendations
The Irish Writers Handbook 2025 contributors recommend books and bookshops for Irish Book Week
Dermot Healy
Kevin Barry on Dermot Healy: ‘strange perceptions and lovely fun’
Ten years since his death, the great Irish writer lives on in his wild, unforgettable work
Dermot Healy: Poetry in coastal erosion
Ten years on from the writer’s death, the simple Sligo cottage in which he worked still stares out to sea
Kilkenny’s trip to Galway a crossing point between the past and the future
Shefflin will pit his hurling wits against Cody, the man who had been his mentor
Bored teenagers at home? Here are 10 stories that capture the do-nothing years
Writers from Alice Munro to JD Salinger mine their dangerous passions and restless ennui
Michael Harding: ‘Do I know anything? Very f**king little’
The author on the poetry of religion and the heart attack that gave him a lift
Patrick McCabe: On My Culture Radar
The writer on why Twin Peaks: The Return is ‘the greatest artwork of the 21st century’
Meet the bright young things of Irish writing
Young Irish fiction writers have made strides in recent years, and 2018 promises some fine debuts. Here six authors introduce their books
Paintings of ferocious engagement
Two Irish artists impress in iconoclastic paintings and a 1916-related video installation
Auction is single largest sale of first edition books in Ireland
Auctioned collection included signed copy of Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of Salesman’
Ríona Judge McCormack wins Hennessy New Irish Writer award
Chris Connolly wins Emerging Fiction prize, Jane Clarke wins Emerging Poetry award and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne inducted into Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame
The Sligo pub which hosted a daily Yeats reading for a year
Probably the most popular participant at Hargadons pub was Joanna Lumley
Fracking is bad news story for book inspired by Leitrim Observer
Gleanings is the result of Monica Corish’s creative residency at her local newspaper, but she wants to make headlines about the threat fracking poses to the environment
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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