Jeanette Winterson

British crime writer Ruth Rendell dies aged 85

Author wrote more than 60 best-selling novels including the Inspector Wexford series

Sat May 02 2015 - 13:48

Paula Meehan: the poet at 60

The Hennessy Hall of Fame poet looks back on her childhood and the path that led her to ‘stand up for the word’

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 10:00

Ebooks column: Digital readers have added new dimension to world of fiction

Stephen King was the first writer to embrace the medium

Sun Jan 04 2015 - 12:15

We have lift-off: Irish cultural calendar 2015

A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told

Wed Dec 31 2014 - 03:00

Dawn O’Porter: ‘I feel like I threw away a couple of years’

O’Porter talks about her confidence crisis, her writing career, and her marriage to ‘big hairy Celt in a lumberjack shirt’ Chris O’Dowd

Tue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00

Hay at Kells: And then there were three

Strong women grab Kells by the book

Sun Jun 30 2013 - 15:17

Young British novelists: The best young writers who have been taken for Granta

Granta has published its list of the best young British novelists, but can one publisher define a generation and what do young writers have over their older colleagues?

Mon Apr 15 2013 - 21:01