There have been some excellent Scottish books this year, writes Stuart Kelly, but the real action has been happening on the ...

New Irish Writing winners to be revealed at An Post Irish Book Awards as John Boyne and Paula Meehan sign up as judges ...

These essays bring neglected writing and writers to the fore and shed new light on others. Most significantly, these essays help to reveal the richness, complexity, and sophistication of this period ...

Influenced by our unique cultural landscape, she models her poetry in a way that resonates within the Irish psyche ... When not writing, she is enjoying student life. Through the gaps in the ...

The Irish literary scene is thriving, which makes choosing just five other Irish writers likely to appeal to fans of Rooney a daunting task.

The Irish literary scene is thriving, which makes choosing just five other Irish writers likely to appeal to fans of Rooney a daunting task.

Born in England and reared in the Irish-speaking areas of West Kerry and in Tipperary, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill is praised as one of the most gifted living poets in the Irish language tradition. All four ...

The An Post Irish Books Awards, first awarded in 2006, celebrate and promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible. Bringing together a vast community passionate about books ...

first as begetter of the weekly New Irish Writing page and then adding literary editor to his responsibilities at Burgh Quay. The page, distinctively branded between news and sport, was a much ...

especially Irish life in all its absurdities and hypocrisies. Theatre criticism also toughened me up. It was actually harder than writing about politics. Artistic Dublin is a small town ...

This unique Irish way of seeing and expressing drives my own approach to writing. I’ve a great love for Irish mythology—the craic and the madness of it. The reason I’m able to read Irish ...