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Callan Wink’s coming-of-age novel in the US heartland confirms him as a major talent
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Mourners bid farewell to ‘beguiling’ critic Eileen Battersby
Grieving daughter Nadia pays tribute to mother and friend ‘inspired by generosity’
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Our late literary correspondent on Darina Allen, Martin Amis, Nigel Kennedy and more
Eileen Battersby: Inquisitive and brilliant, lonely and kind
Authors, colleagues and friends pay tribute to the late Irish Times literary correspondent
‘Irish Times’ dominates nominations for journalism awards
Annual awards celebrate quality original journalism in national newspapers
Arundhati Roy: 'It’s a hatred that crosses the line'
Arundhati Roy’s new novel has made her a target for violent threats from the Indian government but she’s not about to back down
Newgrange revelations do not deter solstice-watchers
Pilgrims to the Co Meath monument are tough and seemingly impervious to theories
Eileen Battersby launches her first novel
‘Irish Times’ literary correspondent praised for ‘stylish performance laced with humour’
Deborah Smith: Publishing is an industry, but translation is a community
Sharing the Man Booker International prize is proper recognition for the art form of translation, says translator Deborah Smith, winner of the Man Booker International prize along with with Korean author Han Kang for ‘The Vegetarian’
Bloomsday: Leopold Bloom’s cat sets the record straight
The family pet which had a cameo in Ulysses tells Eileen Battersby where Joyce erred
Father of Irish television drama who proudly defended the ‘soap’
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Eileen Battersby gives thanks for the great American novels
The Irish Times Literary Correspondent celebrates Thanksgiving with a list of her favourite US fiction
Stolen French painting goes on display in Dublin
Drawing by realist master returned by Criminal Assets Bureau
Three Irish authors make Man Booker longlist
Jim Crace’s ‘Harvest’ hard to beat despite interesting list
Constance, by Patrick McGrath
Its author’s familiar preoccupations – sexual obsession, emotional trauma, destructive relationships – feature in his slight new novel
Home Fires, by Elizabeth Day
Kinship ties end up in a claustrophobic knot in Day’s impressive second novel
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