Martin Doyle

Martin Doyle

Books Editor

Martin Doyle is Books Editor of The Irish Times.

Booker Prize 2026: Irish debutant features on longlist alongside Marlon James, Douglas Stuart and more

Djamel White’s gangland novel All Them Dogs is up against former winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart as well as Elizabeth Strout and nine others

Forest Fest 2026: Madness top off a nostalgia-filled weekend featuring The Boomtown Rats, James and more

There were few signs of growing pains at the festival, whose move to a larger site in Co Laois comfortably accommodated 16,000

Andrew Cunning: ‘Being second best is nothing to be afraid of! I’ve been telling my brother that for years’

‘Writing a novel is pretty audacious to begin with. Why not lean into the audacity a little?’

Forest Fest 2026: Line-up, site access, ticket information and more

Everything you need to know about the Co Laois music and arts festival this weekend

Shari Lapena: ‘I’ve always read and loved thrillers, but I didn’t think I could write one’

Having enjoyed a big hit with The Couple Next Door, the author has just submitted her 11th crime novel

Michel Déon Prize shortlist revealed

Books newsletter: Irish Times books coverage preview; Gerard Manley Hopkins festival; Clifden Arts Festival; The EU in 12 Objects; Jacqueline Rose awarded PEN Pinter Prize

Author Faith Hogan: ‘The thing I truly believe in life is that there is no one like your own sister’

The writer on her latest novel, why the internet is her enemy, and living in the west of Ireland

International Booker Prize fund doubles

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Dermot Bolger: ‘In Slane I was pinned to a squad car until I recited two Francis Ledwidge poems’

The Dublin writer on his new short story collection, his literary pilgrimage to Meath, and the latest betrayal of Ireland’s youth

Claire Connolly wins Robert Rhodes Prize

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

‘Of course I’m bloody anxious, having grown up in a place that told me I wasn’t good enough’

The South African-born author on her murderous new book The Lover, moving to the west of Ireland, and the advice that has stuck with her for decades

Aoife K Walsh is new head of MoLI

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Chris Haughton: ‘Children’s books are underappreciated in general. It’s short-sighted’

The new Laureate na nÓg on inspiring hope, combating injustice, and his upcoming court appearance

Trinity graduate wins Women’s Prize for Fiction

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Debut novelist Jessamine O’Connor: ‘Trying fiction was really refreshing. I have been doing poetry for 20 years’

The writer on her housing-crisis novel Somewhere, her collaborative work, and playing Countdown in the pub

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