The Story of Land and SeaKaty Simpson Smith’s first novel breaks the rules only to win heartsSun Jan 11 2015 - 08:00
First Fortnight festival, Costa winners and Listowel workshopsLiterary listings and book newsWed Jan 7 2015 - 17:24
World of outsiders on lonely path on life’s fringes: Greetings Hero by Aiden O’ReillySat Jan 3 2015 - 18:00
2015 in books: Literary debuts and short fictionWealth of emerging talent due to hit the bookshelves in 2015Sat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00
2015 in books: Biography and memoirKing of the Blaskets, Hitchcock and the troubled McQueenSat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00
2015 in books: Children’s and young-adult fictionLife, loss and a disastrous Irish superhero familySat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00
2015 in books: Non-fictionSarah Gilmartin rounds up the most anticipated book in economics, history, currents affairs, science, music and sportSat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00
2015 in books: Crime, thrillers and popular fictionCharlie Parker and DC Max Wolfe back on the beat, and family screts loom large in popular fictionSat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00
2015 in books: Literary FictionSarah Gilmartin picks the literary fiction titles to look out for in 2015Sat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00
2015 in books: Poetry, literature and languageFrom Durcan and Muldoon to Ní Chuilleanáin and Ní Ghríofa, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and the misuse of IrishSat Dec 27 2014 - 12:00
Literary listings: upcoming events in the Irish books worldGet involved in the Irish literary community with a range of books events in early 2015Fri Dec 26 2014 - 15:00
Top ten reads: Jesus in fictionIn celebration of his birthday, here are ten books inspired by Jesus Christ and his disciplesThu Dec 25 2014 - 10:00
One book wondersWhile a hit novel is often the start of a long writing career, some authors just quit while they're ahead and leave with just one shining masterpiece. Sarah Gilmartin lists the best one book wonders in historyTue Dec 23 2014 - 15:00
Surge: New Writing from Ireland - Shards of glass and solid bricks in a winning collectionNew writers hold their own against more established names in this enjoyable short story collectionSat Dec 20 2014 - 18:00
Fallen review: love in death in Rising DublinLia Mills’s novel explores the role of Irish soldiers in the first World War and the rebellions taking place in IrelandSat Dec 20 2014 - 16:20
When Mystical Creatures Attack: Darkness gets a silver liningReview: Kathleen Found’s inventive debut collection has the cohesion and clout of a novelSun Dec 14 2014 - 09:00
Fathers Come First, by Rosita Sweetman: A woman’s take on chauvinistic and grim 1970s IrelandReview: an engaging, painfully honest account of a young woman trying to find her feet in shifting, seedy Seventies DublinSun Dec 7 2014 - 00:54
Literary Twitterati: top tens and visions of the futureOur weekly round-up of tweets from the book worldFri Dec 5 2014 - 06:00
Gwendolen by Diana SouhamiDiana Souhami has convincingly updated the story of Gwendolen from ‘Daniel Deronda’Thu Dec 4 2014 - 10:00
Ten of the best scandalous readsFor the cold winter nights, 10 books that pushed the boundaries of sex in fictionThu Dec 4 2014 - 01:00
Man at the Helm by Nina Stibbe: a laugh-out-loud gem of a novelDebut novel has humour and heart in depiction of a mum on verge of a breakup breakdownSun Nov 23 2014 - 06:00
Forsaken, by Gerard Lee: vivid rendering of a disturbed child’s inner worldReview: Actor and poet writes with rhythm and understanding in his first novelSat Nov 15 2014 - 01:00
Faber CEO Stephen Page talks positive at Dublin Book FestivalSpeakers highlight squeeze on public funding of the artsFri Nov 14 2014 - 18:40
A worthy rival to Colm Tóibín and David Mitchell: Academy StreetMary Costello uses restrained writing and characterisation to paint decades of a migrant life in New YorkSat Nov 8 2014 - 01:00
The L factor: a literary ambassador for IrelandThirty-four authors have made the longlist for the inaugural Laureate for Irish FictionWed Nov 5 2014 - 01:00
An Irish girl fights her own WWI battles: White FeathersReview: Susan Lanigan’s well-researched debut has an unusual point of view, but it’s unevenSat Nov 1 2014 - 00:54
Michael Harding welcomes lifetime achievement award for Paul DurcanMary Costello, only woman on male-dominated list, rejects notion of gender biasThu Oct 30 2014 - 17:39
Ten books that have never gone out of printIn an era when more books are being published than ever before, we bring you 10 novels that have never gone out of print, every publisher’s dreamWed Oct 29 2014 - 10:00
Fragments of truth collide in maelstrom of modern Karachi: The Scatter Here is Too Great, by Bilal TanweerReview: Tapestry of stories depicts destruction wrought by terrorismSat Oct 25 2014 - 01:04
Independent Irish publishers get in party spirit with Bring Your Own Stories eventAn evening of readings by emerging authors in Dublin last night saw local publishers team up to have fun and create a platformFri Oct 24 2014 - 16:26
Twice upon a time: 10 fictional characters who are given a novel of their ownAs Diana Souhami’s new novel Gwendolen takes up the story of George Eliot’s character from Daniel Deronda, we bring you 10 more novels inspired by characters from literatureFri Oct 24 2014 - 00:54
Literary wizards of Australia and New ZealandWith the Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan announced as this year’s Booker winner, we bring you 10 great novels from Down UnderMon Oct 20 2014 - 12:00
Curate finds darkness at heart of priesthood: The Strangled Impulse, by William KingReview: Conflict between vocation and desire makes for an engaging and poignant readSat Oct 18 2014 - 00:41
How well do you know your Booker opening lines?In the week that the 2014 Man Booker Prize was announced, see if you can match these opening lines to their Booker winning novelsThu Oct 16 2014 - 17:00
Going from riches to rags in middle-class Dublin: Each and Every OneReview: Rachael English’s second novel takes a wealthy Dublin family and throws a grenade into their privileged existenceSat Oct 11 2014 - 01:03
Bloodlust, betrayal: the story of Ireland’s last ‘witches’: The House Where It Happened, by Martina DevlinReview: Fictionalising a horrific and little- known episode of Irish history, Devlin tells an absorbing taleSat Oct 4 2014 - 01:00
Baiting the censor: 10 books they tried to suppressHilary Mantel’s short story The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher caused outrage with its recent publication in the Guardian, but it’s not the first and won’t be last piece of fiction to raise hacklesMon Sep 29 2014 - 01:00
Disability stereotypes get a thrashing in new Erin Lange book: Dead EndsReview: An emerging talent in young adult fiction, the Illinois author lets her vibrant characters speak for themselvesSun Sep 28 2014 - 14:55
From the stage to the page: ten novels by great playwrightsWith the Dublin Theatre Festival kicking off this week, here are ten playwrights who have also penned novelsThu Sep 25 2014 - 19:41
New Fiction: School of horrors‘Only Ever Yours’, Louise O’Neill’s first novel, creates a convincingly chilling dystopiaSat Sep 20 2014 - 01:00
Word for Word: Boy bands and the BardRyJoLC, an Irish education company, has designed a programme that helps students engage with Shakespeare by using One Direction lyrics and other modern referencesSat Sep 20 2014 - 01:00
10 of the best: Scottish fictionAs Scots go to the polls to vote on independence, we select our favourite Scottish novelsWed Sep 17 2014 - 18:21
Literary Scotland on the independence voteSalmond says Burns would vote Yes, but living writers are not all on the same pageWed Sep 17 2014 - 18:11