Belinda McKeon, Fintan O’Toole and Dr Brenda Donohue join the #wakingthefeminists debate

An international anthology of 17 stories, some of them remarkable, resists melodrama

The Irish novel may be at a crossroads, says Bert Wright, but Irish fiction is as vibrant and multifarious now as fiction has ever been in any culture in literary history

Review: John Banville’s new novel about a writer exposes the process of writing fiction and hints at its futility, says Belinda McKeon

Fighting Words seeks volunteers, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Paula McGrath launch new novels, and celebrities and authors read at Dubray Books

Emergence of new documents cast doubt over whether poet’s remains buried in Sligo

There’s a literary feast awaiting the country in the coming week, with three festivals taking place. We’ve rounded up some places to fill your belly while you fill your brain

Review by John Boyne: Rich with wisdom, truth and beauty, and free of gimmicks or overblown prose, Belinda McKeon’s second novel shows she is capable of becoming Ireland’s Anne Tyler

Irish abroad are empowering themselves on social media as as the same-sex marriage referendum approaches, writes Quentin Fottrell in New York

Thirty-four authors have made the longlist for the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction

Eimear McBride, Jennifer Johnston and Kevin Barry are some of the names that have been suggested in response to the Arts Council’s call for nominees for its new three-year, €150,000 role. The judges will announce their decision in January

False friends and Boston

Mike McCormack’s publishing history has not always run smooth, but he has fought for an audience for his fine writing