Kate Reed Petty’s genre-hopping novel focuses on lives altered by a true-or-false story

‘Marvel’ actress Krysten Ritter sets high school past on fire with debut thriller

Refurbished and upgraded this 41sq m house has been a happy home for a growing family

Liberties Press admits it has not been paying some of its writers their royalties

Publisher Seán O’Keeffe says he is sorry and vows to address the situation on payments

Never mind the pram in the hall, what about the day job? How do writers manage to create while working full-time to make ends meet? Sarah Bannan talks to four fellow authors

In the first of a series on how publishing works, Sarah Bannan talks to a top Irish agent about what her job entails, what drives and what frustrates her

Authors and editors: ‘Sloppy editors say yes to everything; good editors take the harder path, and get stuck in’ – Vona Groarke

Authors and editors: ‘Some writers seem to feel almost a moral duty to push back, but Greg doesn’t have that problem’ – Brendan Barrington

We love to loathe our literary bullies, argues Sarah Bannan. But modern novels, from Wonder to Skippy Dies, are also interested in understanding the angst of the antagonist

Doughnuts and cigarettes or blindfold, earmuffs and earplugs? Writers can have odd ways of getting ready for their working day – or night. Gavin Corbett, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Henrietta McKervey, Thomas Morris and Paul Murray take us into their creative worlds

The writer of ‘The Kindess’ has lived a life – featuring Pink Floyd, grief, motherhood and a tumultuous family history – that’s a novel in itself

Thirty-four authors have made the longlist for the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction

Eimear McBride, Jennifer Johnston and Kevin Barry are some of the names that have been suggested in response to the Arts Council’s call for nominees for its new three-year, €150,000 role. The judges will announce their decision in January