Mario Vargas Llosa obituary: Nobel prize-winning novelist combined gritty realism with playful erotica
Vargas Llosa, a Nobel Prize winner, charted his own path as a novelist and conservative, often divisive political thinker
By Simon Romero
Mario Vargas Llosa, giant of Latin American literature, dies aged 89
Wild Fictions by Amitav Ghosh: Sparkling and wise writing about the state of the world
Wired Our Own Way edited by Niamh Garvey: Captures the challenges and advantages of autism in a neurotypical world
Author Kit de Waal on storytelling: ‘You’ve got to be as good as Martin Scorsese’
Gaming, fandom, and therapy-speak: April’s YA titles explore contemporary adolescent culture
Burn Them Out! A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc
Author Catherine Ryan Howard: ‘A great cure for writer’s block is having to cover the rent’
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Wild Grace: The Untamed Women of Modern Dance – An uneven celebration of radical feminist power
By Mei Chin
One Man in His Time by NM Borodin: Powerful memoir of horror after Russia’s October 1917 revolution
By Ray Burke
The Big Fight by Dave Hannigan: Account of Muhammad Ali in Croke Park a strange time capsule of 1970s Ireland
By NJ McGarrigle
Naoise Dolan’s verdict on One Boat by Jonathan Buckley: An experiment that doesn’t entirely hold water
By Naoise Dolan
John Boyne on Fair Play by Louise Hegarty: A witty debut that celebrates the golden age of crime novels
By John Boyne
Cúirt literature festival at 40: ‘There is a sense of an Irish writing culture exploding around the world’
By Bernadette Fallon
