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Earth’s population has been halved, with warlords controlling what’s left of North America, and Nigeria as the world’s leading superpower
McCabe, who found himself adrift in the 21st-century book business despite his huge impact on the culture in the 1990s, on the bliss of going rogue
Niamh Donnelly selects her favourite 16 novels and short-story collections from the past 12 months
Unique novel of big ideas considers advances in technology and where they might take us
In 1964, a nightclub dancer named Ronnie Walken changed his name to Christopher
Bord Pleanála approves plans following objections from authors, poets and An Taisce
The four-time Oscar nominee is the most successful Irish film actor ever – and she is still only 25
Another well-known Irish actor and leading sportsperson both interested in star’s house
The English author’s new book imagines a cockroach as the prime minister of the UK
Out this month, The Cockroach sees a man wake up as prime minister, hellbent on a mission to carry out the will of the people
Tóibín’s error when discussing the prose in genre fiction was to move from ‘I just get bored’ to ‘it’s blank, it’s nothing’
Chip Creek’s vibrant debut puts two innocent newly-weds in a place where anything goes
A sneak preview of Saturday’s books pages
A sneak preview of Saturday’s books pages
Despite its ‘mistakes, lapses, and occasional acts of cowardice’, Europe remains ‘the second home of every free man and woman’
British bookshops are keeping stashes of ‘Normal People’ behind their counters
‘Palpable discord’ followed José Mourinho out the door at Old Trafford
John Banville, Colm Tóibín, Roy Foster among over 100 writers to express dismay over departure of New York Review of Books editor Ian Buruma
Review: Thommo just about rescues this silly adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel
Adherence to biblical strictures provides a solid base in an increasingly secular society
Review: Tale of Jehovah’s Witnesses portrays a world of suffocation and sly indoctrination
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
Donald Clarke: Few noticed her ‘Chesil Beach’ faux pas. Which is good. Isn’t it?
Review: Ian McEwan’s own script cannot find a cinematic substitute for his sharp prose
‘On Chesil Beach is about a young, sexually inexperienced couple on a miserable honeymoon
Top Irish writers part of Folio Academy which say prizes should be closed to US novelists
The three-time Oscar nominee on fame, Hollywood scandals, and the abortion referendum
Irish star may become only third female actor to score three Oscar nominations before age 23
He’s the first actor in the series who is ‘bigger than Bond’. They were desperate to keep him
Actor Ciarán McMenamin’s debut captures the voice of disaffected youth in 1990s North
We all have the right to offend but not a licence to be coarse and vulgar
The English writer’s 17th novel is narrated by an unborn baby. Is it a prequel to Hamlet?
Carlow actor makes magazine’s ‘Next Generation Leaders’ list
From acting, casting and designing to writing comedy, novels and poetry, these women’s artistic endeavours have a wide influence
Impressive show for German language writers with 11 titles among 160 nominated
Who is David Gilmour’s favourite lyricist? Why are film adaptations inferior to the books? Can poetry replace liturgy? All these questions and more were answered in Co Carlow
There’s a literary feast awaiting the country in the coming week, with three festivals taking place. We’ve rounded up some places to fill your belly while you fill your brain
Alan Turing and his colleagues get the popular tribute they deserve in this pacy tale of derring-do
In the week that the 2014 Man Booker Prize was announced, see if you can match these opening lines to their Booker winning novels
Review: the chillingly formidable author has produced an ill-judged study of a legal mind
With the Dublin Theatre Festival kicking off this week, here are ten playwrights who have also penned novels
Martin Amis is a deeply moral writer with a Swiftian vigour. In his latest novel, ‘The Zone of Interest’, he returns to the story of the Nazi death camps
Ian McEwan pays homage to Yeats and Joyce in his new novel, which, in its story of a boy refusing a blood transfusion, dramatises one of the great confrontations of our time, between law and religion
No editor has time to look at a novel twice. Leading editors offer advice to help writers make the most of their one shot
Sebastian Faulks, Hanif Kureishi and Helen Fielding are rivals for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
An online campaign wants to get readers to seek out women authors, whether new, overlooked or forgotten
American Studies Association says move is ‘in solidarity with scholars and students deprived of academic freedom’
What more natural challenge to set during Dublin Writers Festival than to play Scrabble against The Irish Times?
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
