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Imagining Oz’s Auntie Em as an Irish emigrant in Chicago
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Madeleine Keane on books: Oscar Wilde’s reader’s card is ‘uncancelled’ by the British Library, 130 years on
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Caroline O’Donoghue: ‘People talk about the cosiness of Binchy, but I think she was the master of propulsive drama’
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Bloomsday: Never-before-seen music for key love song in James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ recovered from Titanic wreckage

Fantasy Island is ‘a collection of everyone’s shared experiences, but through their eyes’
Sat 14 Jun 2025 at 07:00
Daria Lavelle: ‘There’s just something about a character driven wholly by love that makes him indelible’
Fri 13 Jun 2025 at 15:30
Dublin – One City, Many Stories: ‘Joyce’s legacy washes over every writer like the waves at Sandymount’
Fri 13 Jun 2025 at 15:30
‘It is the people who generally smell of the museums who are accepted. That is why James Joyce was accepted and I was not.’ Gertrude Stein and her literary rival
Wed 11 Jun 2025 at 15:30
Frederick Forsyth, author of ‘The Day of the Jackal’, dies aged 86
Tue 10 Jun 2025 at 03:30
Irvine Welsh on his Trainspotting sequel: ‘It is that time of life when they are getting serious about romance. It is an interesting time in the lives of men’
Sun 08 Jun 2025 at 03:30
Miriam O’Callaghan’s memoir to be published in October
Fri 06 Jun 2025 at 13:00
The signings that are a mini-convention –in the six-hour queue with the fans of Skulduggery Pleasant
Mon 02 Jun 2025 at 03:30
‘I have tried to be honest and frank including mistakes and regrets as well as triumphs’ – Leo Varadkar set to publish memoir this September
Thu 29 May 2025 at 18:48
Frank McGuinness: ‘I fell in love with Elizabeth Bennet and Huck Finn – they are brilliant, defiant and good for the exercise of body and mind’
Wed 28 May 2025 at 15:30

Book News

Imagining Oz’s Auntie Em as an Irish emigrant in Chicago

Madeleine Keane on books: Oscar Wilde’s reader’s card is ‘uncancelled’ by the British Library, 130 years on

Caroline O’Donoghue: ‘People talk about the cosiness of Binchy, but I think she was the master of propulsive drama’

Bloomsday: Never-before-seen music for key love song in James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ recovered from Titanic wreckage

Fantasy Island is ‘a collection of everyone’s shared experiences, but through their eyes’

Daria Lavelle: ‘There’s just something about a character driven wholly by love that makes him indelible’

Dublin – One City, Many Stories: ‘Joyce’s legacy washes over every writer like the waves at Sandymount’

‘It is the people who generally smell of the museums who are accepted. That is why James Joyce was accepted and I was not.’ Gertrude Stein and her literary rival

Frederick Forsyth, author of ‘The Day of the Jackal’, dies aged 86

Irvine Welsh on his Trainspotting sequel: ‘It is that time of life when they are getting serious about romance. It is an interesting time in the lives of men’

Miriam O’Callaghan’s memoir to be published in October

The signings that are a mini-convention –in the six-hour queue with the fans of Skulduggery Pleasant

‘I have tried to be honest and frank including mistakes and regrets as well as triumphs’ – Leo Varadkar set to publish memoir this September

Frank McGuinness: ‘I fell in love with Elizabeth Bennet and Huck Finn – they are brilliant, defiant and good for the exercise of body and mind’

Mariella Frostrup: ‘I did a charity trek and Jason was on it. He kept in touch and met for a drink. Three months later we were engaged’

‘I’m very fortunate’ – Vogue Williams opens up in new memoir on death of father, husband’s drinking and future plans

Elaine Feeney: ‘Every so often, I read something that changes my understanding of the world or myself’

From Gatsby to Conversations with Friends: Reflections on the shimmering appeal of summer fiction

Robert Macfarlane: ‘It is by far the most explicitly political book I’ve ever written and that’s a function of crisis’

Paul Perry: ‘The Journey Home by Dermot Bolger lit something in me. I didn’t just want to read more – I wanted to write’

John Scally: How ‘Memory Man’ Jimmy Magee’s unique broadcasting style almost ruined my aunt’s wedding

Obituary: Jane Gardam, award-winning novelist admired for her ability to get under characters’ skin

Keane on books: All-star authors at Dalkey festival and children’s writers sprinkle magic in Waterford

‘Grand theft author’ – Cecelia Ahern among Irish writers protesting about Meta’s alleged use of pirated books to train AI

Keane on books: Literary festivals galore this spring and an inclusive offering for children

New book examines murder of mother of three Irene White – and asks who ordered the vicious killing

‘Liam Gallagher threw all the furniture in the pool’ – top music photographer on shooting Oasis in their wild heyday

Irish author Anne Enright awarded prestigious Windham-Campbell prize worth $175,000

The mystery of the mass grave under Nancy Spain’s: ‘When they were confirmed as human, rumours noted a violent death’

Irish writers Ferdia Lennon and Seán Hewitt shortlisted for prestigious literary award for young talent

Mari Hannah: ‘I’m drawn to strong characters. As a girl, I wanted to be Jo from Little Women’

Pat Ingoldsby obituary: Poet, playwright and broadcaster with an anarchic and surreal sense of humour

Jennifer Johnston obituary: Award-winning novelist and playwright who took inspiration from her family and Irish history

Keane on books: Dublin, Written in Our Hearts is the capital’s choice for 2025 and there’s a Booker boon for Bullaun

Paddy Donnelly: ‘I love to dive back into Watership Down’s rabbit world, with its wonderful characters’

Irish novelist and playwright Jennifer Johnston dies aged 95

Madeleine Keane on books: A Foxrock tribute, Keyes festival interview and the Irish in top awards

Children’s author encourages readers to ignore ‘book snobbery’

Carmel Harrington: ‘It’s inspired by what happened when my young son walked out of our hotel room in Florida in the middle of the night’

It’s not fiction – a good book can teach young minds how to navigate the world they live in

Cork author Caroline O’Donoghue’s The Rachel Incident set for TV adaptation by producers behind Normal People

Madeleine Keane on Books: Edna O’Brien’s brilliance recalled at Ennis Festival, and new networking events

In praise of older women: ‘I remember female teachers encouraging us to visualise ourselves in the boardroom, not the typing pool’

Joseph O’Connor: The Irish women who risked everything to resist the Nazis on the Roman Escape Line

Paraic O’Donnell: ‘I actually binned a David Walliams novel because I found it so odious’

Treat for Joseph O’Connor fans while young and women writers vie for coveted prizes

‘Writing is a solitary occupation and who better to share it with than like-minded people’

Holly Watt: ‘I adored Rivals because it meant new lengthy debates about which Cooper hero is the most attractive’

Colin Barrett wins Nero book award for Co Mayo-set debut novel ‘Wild Houses’

First Fortnight workshops, celebrating Paul Durcan and the best of luck to poet Gustav Parker Hibbett

Asia Mackay: ‘My favourite character is Scarlett O’Hara – stubborn, fun and unapologetically out for herself’

Serial killers, spies and sweating – the must read 25 international novels of 2025 that everyone will be talking about

Revealed: Top Irish book sales for Christmas 2024

Novelist Hazel Gaynor: ‘I tend to read non-fiction for comfort, especially nature writing’

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