Claire Hennessy

Write now: Nine writers share advice on how to get started

Tips for budding authors and poets, from beating writer’s block to finding an agent

Tue May 05 2020 - 05:00

‘It’s really only when you try explaining The Room of Shame to your lesbian friends that you realise how mad it is’

Sound Off: Claire Hennessy, writer

Sat Dec 02 2017 - 06:00

Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Thu Nov 02 2017 - 12:42

Harry Potter: Severus Snape is the best character by far

JK Rowling put a witty fantasy into the structure of a classic boarding school story

Sat Jun 10 2017 - 06:00

Leonard Cohen: He’s our man

Writers, poets, friends and fans reflect on Leonard Cohen’s words, music and work

Fri Nov 11 2016 - 19:00

Tale of yawning animals is the perfect bedtime treat

Reviews: ‘Goodnight Everyone’, ‘Nothing!’, ‘A Child of Books’, ‘The Bone Sparrow’ and ‘Non Pratt’s Unboxed ’

Sat Aug 27 2016 - 01:00

Children and YA books: A bird’s death brings a new understanding of life

Reviews: ‘The Dead Bird’, ‘Run with the Wind’, ‘Wonderboy’, ‘What’s a Girl Gotta Do?’

Sat Jul 30 2016 - 01:00

You Will Know Me review: Female adolescent noir hits a literary high point

Megan Abbott delivers another intense thriller about the unknowable world of teenage girls

Sat Jul 30 2016 - 01:00

Journals reimagined: Ireland’s alternative media

From the firmly established satirical website Waterford Whispers News to the new literary journal Banshee, Ireland’s new generation of alternative publications are making an impact by offering something different

Sat May 28 2016 - 01:00

Speaking up: a brief history of rape culture in young adult fiction

Asking For It engages the media and popular culture but also its own field, YA, which since the 1950s has pushed boundaries and explored adolescence in edgy, realistic ways

Mon Sept 28 2015 - 10:42

The Irish literary journal’s irresistible rise

With their open door policy, Irish literary journals often offer new writers their first break and more established ones a platform and the chance to think outside the box

Wed Sept 23 2015 - 07:00