Books of the year 2025: Authors and critics pick their favourites
Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story and Liadan Ní Chuinn’s Every One Still Here are among the year’s top choices
John Boyne
Booker Prize 2025: David Szalay wins for Flesh
‘We had never read anything quite like it,’ says judging panel chair Roddy Doyle of the author’s ‘extraordinary, singular’ novel
John Boyne on Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth: Outstanding
There’s nothing to criticise in this young Irish writer’s depiction of repression, obsession, loss, and grief
UCD’s debating society rescinding an award to John Boyne is an odd decision
L&H rescinds plans to offer Joyce medal to author due to what many regard as his offensive views on transgender issues
John Boyne ‘disappointed’ at withdrawal of UCD James Joyce award
Literary and Historical Society planned to honour ‘one of Ireland’s most celebrated and courageous literary voices’
Why are Irish artists such as Graham Linehan, Sally Rooney so prominent in UK free speech wars?
Sally Rooney, Graham Linehan, Kneecap and John Boyne have all been caught up in controversy
Polari prize: Nominees and judges withdraw over inclusion of John Boyne on longlist
Over 800 writers and industry workers sign statement calling removal Boyne, who has described himself as a ‘Terf’
American Dirt author, Jeanine Cummins, returns with a magnificent tale of family, love and loyalty
American Dirt author makes a triumphant return with her fourth novel, which explores the lives of three generations of Puerto Ricans
The best books for summer 2025: our critics’ top picks
Sarah Moss, Joseph O’Connor, Wendy Erskine, John Banville, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and other authors and reviewers choose their top reads for the holidays
John Boyne on Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie: Toxic masculinity steals the show
Debut novel explores similiar territory to the hit series Adolescence, but with a character 20 years older
Air by John Boyne: Superb, at-times harrowing, still questioning
Boyne’s main characters are masterfully realised ordinary people trying to move beyond the weight of the past
The Guide: Kevin Hart, Twenty One Pilots, Cork Fringe Festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
May 3rd-9th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
John Boyne on Fair Play by Louise Hegarty: A witty debut that celebrates the golden age of crime novels
It takes skill, and even a sense of anarchy, to produce a novel as funny and baffling as this
Flesh by David Szalay: Compulsively readable with more twists than the road to west Cork
John Boyne hails the Hungarian-English author’s best novel yet
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
The GlossOpens in new window
Read the digital edition of The Gloss magazine now
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices