Martin Doyle

Martin Doyle

Books Editor

Martin Doyle is Books Editor of The Irish Times.

Shauna Lawless: ‘This is always what I’ve loved about Irish mythology: the drama and the magic’

The author of historical fantasy on the latest book in her Gael Song: Era II series, the importance of research, and reasserting women’s perspectives

Maurice J Casey and John Waddell win Michel Déon Prize

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

AK Blakemore: ‘The best historical fiction is comfortable living with the sheer weirdness of the past’

The author on new novel Doom Painting, the parts of English history that are ‘intentionally minimised’, and her memories of 2005 bombings of London

Roddy Doyle returns to Barrytown

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

Booker Prize shortlist: two former winners in running for £50,000 prize

Scottish author Douglas Stuart, who won with Shuggie Bain in 2020, is back with John of John, and Jamaican writer Marlon James, who won in 2015 with A Brief History of Seven Killings, returns with The Disappearers

Trespasses author Louise Kennedy: ‘I lived on adrenaline all my life from kitchens’

The author on her new novel, Stations, moving south from the North, and how she ‘hired’ Gillian Anderson

Kevin Powers: ‘I was in the US army. I knew I was going to have to go to war’

The author on his new first World War novel, how he felt when 9/11 happened, and Virginia as a microcosm of the US

Two Irish writers on BBC National Short Story Award shortlist

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

Nicole Flattery awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

Award doubles to €20,000 as Ireland’s oldest literary prize marks 50th anniversary

Elizabeth Wassell Montague: ‘My new novel was partly inspired by the mystery of eating disorders’

The writer on new novel At the Villa Celeste; her late husband, the poet John Montague; and the importance of ‘Call me Ishmael’

Sebastian Barry: ‘My mother was interesting, extravagant. It was difficult to be a child of such a person’

The author on his latest novel, The Newer World, his difficult relationship with his parents, and feeling out of place growing up as a Dublin Protestant

The Fallen by Louise Brangan on $75,000 Cundill History Prize shortlist

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

Daisy Johnson: ‘I like writing about the entanglements of family’

The youngest ever Booker Prize shortlisted author on her new novel, Long Wave

The best new books to look out for in autumn 2026

Novels by Sebastian Barry, Louise Kennedy, Barbara Kingsolver and Marlon James; Nikita Hand tells her story, Vincent Browne’s Haughey biography – and much more

New Orleans lawyer wins The Moth Short Story Prize 2026

Judge Wendy Erskine said: ‘This is a mesmerising story told in a tender, unhurried way by a poised and talented writer. It’s poetic and has a beautiful toughness’

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