Dublin, Written in Our Hearts, edited by Declan Meade: A gloriously evocative and meandering trip through the city
Anne Enright, Sarah Gilmartin, Kevin Barry and Paula Meehan are among the writers who contributed to this beautiful collection
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‘The city is always changing but this is the Dublin of now’: Declan Meade on capturing the capital in words and prose
Dublin, Written in Our Hearts, which marks 20 years of One Dublin, One Book, features Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle, Belinda McKeon, Paula Meehan and Kevin Barry
How a tiny literary magazine became a springboard for great Irish writing
The Stinging Fly, which is celebrating 25 years, has helped launch the careers of many of Ireland’s most promising writers
The debut books and authors to look out for in 2019
We asked some writers to tell us about their debuts ahead of their publication
Mourners bid farewell to ‘beguiling’ critic Eileen Battersby
Grieving daughter Nadia pays tribute to mother and friend ‘inspired by generosity’
‘Sweet Home’ is a debut collection that lingers long in the memory
Wendy Erskine is a startling new voice from Belfast that comes alive in short story format
‘Irish Times’ Poetry Now Award won by Paddy Bushe
Dublin-born poet wins €2,000 prize for his collection ‘On A Turning Wing’
Dublin Book Festival: eight to see this weekend
The 10th annual Dublin Book Festival takes place this weekend, hosting workshops, walks, talks and readings by some of Ireland’s prominent writers. Here are some of the must-sees
Maeve Brennan story: The Day We Got Our Own Back
In 1922, when she was five, unfriendly men with revolvers raided the Brennan family home in Ranelagh, Dublin, in search of Maeve’s father, who was on the run
Cúirt; Fish Short Story winners; Gavin Corbett at TCD; Cork World Book Fest
Dublin Shakespeare Society; Kevin Curran reading; All-Ireland Poetry Day; Trinity talk on Derry authors; hunger strike talk at UCD
Television: A painful return to the Sligo scene of the crime
Review: ‘Where I Am’, ‘Horizon: OCD – A Monster in My Mind’, ‘The Late Review’
The L factor: a literary ambassador for Ireland
Thirty-four authors have made the longlist for the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction
Mayo writer Colin Barrett wins Frank O’Connor award with debut collection
Barrett is just second Irish winner of the €25,000 prize, after Edna O’Brien
‘Editing is my natural role’
Declan Meade has made it his business to find our finest writers, and his 15 years at The Stinging Fly make for formidable reading
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