John Banville

SF prepares for government where compromises await

SF prepares for government where compromises await

Analysis: party will gain seats in next election, although perhaps fewer than polls suggest

By Harry McGeeMon Jun 23 2014 - 15:53

Ebooks: Big summer reads add their weight to the digital cause

Ebooks: Big summer reads add their weight to the digital cause

Taking your ereader to the beach will free you from sandy pages, smudges, sore wrists and one-arm sunburn

By Sarah GilmartinSat Jun 14 2014 - 01:00

Brought to Book: John Boyne on Noddy, Homer Wells, ‘Birdsong’ and a Kindle tip

Brought to Book: John Boyne on Noddy, Homer Wells, ‘Birdsong’ and a Kindle tip

‘I am at my happiest when I have completed a first draft of a novel and am about to begin a second’

By Martin DoyleFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00

John Banville is first Irish author to win €50,000 Asturias award

John Banville is first Irish author to win €50,000 Asturias award

His alter ego Benjamin Black is also praised

By Martin DoyleWed Jun 04 2014 - 17:21

Hubert Butler’s vivid insights put him among Europe’s best writers: The Appleman and the Poet

This fifth volume of work covers Russia, Yugoslavia, Kilkenny and Irish religion

By Roy FosterSat May 31 2014 - 01:00

Eimear McBride wins top prize at Listowel Writers Week

Eimear McBride wins top prize at Listowel Writers Week

Debut novel took nine years to find publisher

By Anne LuceyThu May 29 2014 - 01:00

Róisín Ingle on . . . book clubbing

By Róisín IngleSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00

The Sea

The Sea

By Donald ClarkeFri Apr 18 2014 - 00:00

Yes, I said yes... Ulysses is a British novel

Yes, I said yes... Ulysses is a British novel

Telegraph top 20 British novels features five Irish authors

By Patrick LogueTue Apr 15 2014 - 17:12

Rampling through the ages: from ‘Georgy Girl’ to ‘The Night Porter’ to ‘The Sea’

Rampling through the ages: from ‘Georgy Girl’ to ‘The Night Porter’ to ‘The Sea’

Charlotte Rampling has wandered the international cinema scene for a half a century, forever seeking challenges and shrugging off controversy. She talks about her new Irish film, an adaptation of John Banville’s ‘The Sea’, as well as projects both famous and notorious over the years

By Tara BradyFri Apr 11 2014 - 00:00

Stranger than fiction: when crime captures the imagination

Nicola White’s new novel ‘In the Rosary Garden’ was inspired by the Kerry Babies tribunal and the Ann Lovett case. We recommend some other real-life fiction from Ireland and abroad

By Sarah GilmartinFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:00

Literary Twitterati: Selina Guinness turned inside out

Our weekly round-up of recent literary happenings on Twitter

By Sarah GilmartinMon Mar 24 2014 - 00:01

John Banville: channelling Chandler

John Banville: channelling Chandler

With Quirke, he pounded the pavements of 1950s Dublin. Now the novelist takes on the great LA gumshoe Philip Marlowe

By Arminta WallaceThu Mar 20 2014 - 01:00

Father and son go head -to-head in IFTAs

Father and son go head -to-head in IFTAs

Brendan and Domhnall Gleeson nominated in the best actor category

By Donald ClarkeThu Feb 27 2014 - 13:46

Television: I’m in no mood for dancing – and curling has lost its appeal, too

Television: I’m in no mood for dancing – and curling has lost its appeal, too

The BBC’s Winter Olympics coverage is a victory for biased tub-thumping, while a documentary on The Nolans has nothing new to add to the pop sisters’ story

By Bernice HarrisonSat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00

Radio review: Kenny goes private for his public

Radio review: Kenny goes private for his public

The Newstalk presenter provided a welcome presence during the holiday period, while a guest host shone in an RTE star’s absence

By Mick HeaneySat Jan 04 2014 - 01:15

Killer instinct: a golden age of Irish crime fiction

Killer instinct: a golden age of Irish crime fiction

Irish crime writing is booming. Ahead of a weekend festival, some of the writers who have their fingerprints all over this crime wave discuss the reasons behind it

By Arminta WallaceThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00

Stuart Carolan launches Dunphy’s Rocky Road

Stuart Carolan launches Dunphy’s Rocky Road

Love/Hate writer leads event to celebrate football pundit’s autobiography

By Olivia KellyTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:00

Will it be third-time lucky for Tóibín?

Will it be third-time lucky for Tóibín?

Irish writer makes Man Booker shortlist again as McCann and Ryan lose out

By Eoin Burke-KennedyTue Sept 10 2013 - 16:20

Three Irish novelists on tenterhooks over Booker shortlist

Three Irish novelists on tenterhooks over Booker shortlist

Donal Ryan, Colm Tóibín and Colum McCann hope to be among six nominees

By Martin DoyleMon Sept 09 2013 - 22:15

Poet laid to rest under shadow of sycamore trees

Poet laid to rest under shadow of sycamore trees

Priest says Bellaghy honoured that Heaney had chosen to be interred in his home town

By Gerry MoriartyTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:00

Going Coastal: a sea-hugging ride through the sunny southeast

Going Coastal: a sea-hugging ride through the sunny southeast

In the summer Irish people hit the coast. In a new series starting today, ‘Irish Times’ writers explore the charms and character of our coastline, starting with a train trip from Dublin to Wexford

By Fiona McCannMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00

RTÉ unveils new shows for ‘long winter ahead’

RTÉ unveils new shows for ‘long winter ahead’

‘Quirke’ and ‘Amber’ join drama line-up, new comedies set for RTÉ Two

By Laura SlatteryThu Aug 08 2013 - 16:39

Yeats’s affinity with new media recalled

Yeats’s affinity with new media recalled

Poet’s 1930s embrace of radio discussed at Sligo summer school

By Marese McDonaghWed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00

Galway Film Fleadh: keeping the flag flying for Irish cinema

Galway Film Fleadh: keeping the flag flying for Irish cinema

The festival, in its 25th year, continued to showcase new home-grown features, from mainstream-friendly recession comedy ‘Life’s a Breeze’ to the off-centre ‘Out of Here’

By Donald ClarkeTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00

Review: Frères Jacques

Review: Frères Jacques

The restaurant may be cartoonishly French but there’s nothing funny about its prices

By Catherine ClearySat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00

Galway Film Fleadh: reeling in a quarter century

Galway Film Fleadh: reeling in a quarter century

Miriam Allen reflects on 25 years of the Fleadh and we check out this year’s programme

By Donald ClarkeMon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00

How much do you trust the world around you?

How much do you trust the world around you?

Holiday fiction for young adults

By Robert DunbarSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00

Hay at Kells: The weekend begins

Hay at Kells: The weekend begins

The Hay Festival at Kells is a bright new chapter in the life of the Co Meath town

By Arminta WallaceFri Jun 28 2013 - 15:50

What’s on this weekend

What’s on this weekend

Hay festival, Irish Derby, West Cork and Westport festivals amongst the highlights

By Liam CorcoranFri Jun 28 2013 - 15:48

Black gets blacker in Quirke’s latest Dublin noir adventure

Black gets blacker in Quirke’s latest Dublin noir adventure

The latest crime fiction

By Declan BurkeSat Jun 08 2013 - 01:00

John Banville: the movies and me

John Banville: the movies and me

It took John Banville three years to write a book, and three days to turn it into his first film script. Money for jam, or beginner’s luck?

By John BanvilleSat Jun 08 2013 - 01:00

Feminism discussion opens 2013 writers festival

Feminism discussion opens 2013 writers festival

Book clubs killing off chick lit claim

By Mark HilliardTue May 21 2013 - 01:09

Edwardian house a TV noir setting

Edwardian house a TV noir setting

Glengarrif, 34 Alma Road, Monkstown, Co. Dublin

By Alanna GallagherThu Mar 21 2013 - 00:00

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