The Colony by Audrey Magee: rich in learning but loaded with literary devices
A novel that examines the pillaging of local culture on an island in 1970s Ireland
A Good Father: What makes an ordinary man kill his family?
Catherine Talbot’s debut novel about familicide in south Co Dublin is compelling
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As restaurants prepare to open, we asked well-known people for their favourite feasts
The good old days are back: opium, fancy hats, colonialism and well-lit sex
Patrick Freyne: The Luminaries looks great and has spirited acting, but what is it trying to be?
The Nacullians: Families as another brick in the wall
Craig Jordan-Baker explores a migrant Irish bricklayer and his clan with metafictional flair
Liz Nugent: ‘I’m proud that I got published in a tough time for the industry’
Life Lessons: ‘Sebastian Barry told me that to improve as a writer, I must do it every day’
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It can pay to reduce the amount of carbon we generate, so time to alter our behaviour
Dan Mallory, the fiction writer who made up stories about his own life
The author has been exposed as a serial liar. But how did he get away with it for so long?
St Brigid’s Day: Irish women to be celebrated around the world
Events celebrating female talent to take place from London to Warsaw to Washington
Dublin film festival highlights and guest stars revealed
Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival includes Alexandra McGuinness thriller
Why Irish crime fiction is in murderously good health
If Irish crime fiction has a signal crime it is corruption – public and private, spiritual and secular
‘I loved him’: Tributes to Tom Murphy
The late playwright’s friends, colleagues and admirers remember the man and his work
Rise and fall of the Kindle: How real books are fighting back
Ebook sales are down, physical-book sales are up. Has the tide turned?
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