# literature - Sunday 11 July, 2021
# Young Writers
# Young Writers
Enjoy new work by young Irish authors, excerpted from the Paper Lanterns journal, this Sunday morning.
# literature - Thursday 17 June, 2021
# Surviving In A Pandemic
# Surviving In A Pandemic
Susan O’Keeffe of the Yeats Society Sligo charts the influence of the great poet on Irish life and highlights the Society’s struggle to survive the pandemic.
# literature - Friday 11 June, 2021
# Country Girl
# Country Girl
Artist Colin Davidson, who has also painted portraits of Seamus Heaney and Michael D Higgins, created the artwork.
# literature - Thursday 8 October, 2020
# Poetry
# Poetry
The writer won a Pulitzer in the early 1990s.
# literature - Tuesday 22 September, 2020
# Literature
# Literature
We asked our anonymous teacher to share her views and those of some of her students on the recent controversy surrounding To Kill A Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.
# literature - Thursday 20 August, 2020
# Strange Flowers
# Strange Flowers
The Irish author speaks to us on the release of his new novel, Strange Flowers.
# literature - Sunday 8 March, 2020
# Strange Hotel
# Strange Hotel
The critically-acclaimed Irish author speaks to us about her new novel Strange Hotel.
# literature - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
# Dubliner
# Dubliner
The repatriation would be ahead of the centenary of the publication of Ulysses.
# literature - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Booker Prize
# Booker Prize
Atwood has been awarded for The Testaments and Evaristo has been awarded for Girl, Woman, Other.
# literature - Friday 11 October, 2019
# Peter Handke
# Peter Handke
Peter Handke was a vocal defender of the Serbs during the bloody collapse of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
# literature - Thursday 10 October, 2019
# Swedish Academy
# Swedish Academy
Two winners were announced today as the prize was not awarded in 2018 following a scandal.
# literature - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
# Booker Prize
# Booker Prize
Irish author Kevin Barry had made the longlist for the 2019 awards. However, he did not make the shortlist.
# literature - Saturday 22 June, 2019
# Emily Ruskovich
# Emily Ruskovich
Idaho is inspired by author Emily Ruskovich’s childhood.
# literature - Saturday 27 April, 2019
# Voices
# Voices
Buck Whaley was one of Irish history’s most colourful and eccentric characters, writes David Ryan.
# literature - Wednesday 17 April, 2019
# Literature
# Literature
‘He spoke of his rejection of the term ‘cis’ used to refer to those who are not part of the trans community.
# literature - Tuesday 4 December, 2018
# James Frey
# James Frey
The annual prize draws attention to poorly written passages of sexual descriptions in fiction.
# literature - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
# Books
# Books
Sally Rooney, Donal Ryan and Anna Burns will all compete for the award.
# literature - Wednesday 27 June, 2018
# Gradaim Leabhar Na HÉireann
# Gradaim Leabhar Na HÉireann
An Post has taken over as sponsor of the annual awards for the next three years.
# literature - Wednesday 13 June, 2018
# Winner
# Winner
McCormack was nominated alongside writers like Eimear McBride, Han Kang and Elizabeth Strout.
# literature - Friday 4 May, 2018
# Nobel Prize
# Nobel Prize
This is the first time it has been postponed in over 70 years.
# literature - Tuesday 10 April, 2018
# Honoured
# Honoured
The celebrated Irish author has been appointed a Dame of the British Empire.
# literature - Thursday 8 February, 2018
# Literature
# Literature
Sebastian Barry has been chosen as the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2018-2021.
# literature - Thursday 1 February, 2018
# Stories From The City
# Stories From The City
The International Literature Festival Dublin is looking for people to share a story connected to writing – and they’ll help bring it to the stage.
# literature - Sunday 14 January, 2018
# I Will Arise And Go Now
# I Will Arise And Go Now
After 40 years, it looks like Poetry Ireland may finally get its own centre in Dublin.
# literature - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
# Costa Book Awards
# Costa Book Awards
The Costa Book Awards is the only major book prize open only to authors resident in Britain and Ireland.
# literature - Thursday 5 October, 2017
# Kazuo Ishiguro
# Kazuo Ishiguro
The prize is worth 9 million kronor (€1 million).
# literature - Thursday 1 June, 2017
# Beren And Lúthien
# Beren And Lúthien
*Well it’s Middle-earth, so it’s not really an Irish wolfhound.
# literature - Sunday 21 May, 2017
# Herstory
# Herstory
If Irish women hadn’t been so feisty and fascinating the poor men would have had little to write about, writes Eleanor Fitzsimons.
# literature - Sunday 2 April, 2017
# Hennessy Awards
# Hennessy Awards
Read a story which won the First Fiction award at this year’s Hennessy Literary Awards.
# Mr Tambourine Man
# Mr Tambourine Man
The decision to give the musician the award sparked controversy in recent months.
# literature - Saturday 10 December, 2016
# literature - Saturday 29 October, 2016
# Nobel Prize
# Nobel Prize
The 75-year-old is the first songwriter to win the prestigious award.
# literature - Wednesday 26 October, 2016
# Dracula Does Dublin
# Dracula Does Dublin
Being a middle-class Anglican in Victorian Dublin helped Stoker create one of literature’s most monstrous characters.
# literature - Thursday 24 September, 2015
# Novel Quiz
From The Daily Edge
# Novel Quiz
How well do you know bad sex writing? Test yourself.
# literature - Sunday 20 September, 2015
# Long Gaze Back
# Long Gaze Back
We speak to the editor of a new anthology, broadcaster and journalist Sinéad Gleeson.
# literature - Friday 10 July, 2015
# Verdict Is In
# Verdict Is In
There’s an exclusive extract on line today.
# literature - Sunday 21 June, 2015
# IMPAC Award
# IMPAC Award
That hasn’t stopped the British writer from scooping one of the world’s top literary prizes.
# Hay Festival
# Hay Festival
And Marian Keyes will be there.
# literature - Wednesday 17 June, 2015
# IMPAC Award
# IMPAC Award
The winner of this prestigious award is €100,000 richer.
# literature - Saturday 2 May, 2015
# Criticism
# Criticism
A leaflet for Gerry Kelly contains census figures showing more Catholics than Protestants in North Belfast.
Some sun with winds gradually subsiding
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Chilly with more clouds than sun
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A few a.m. showers, then a little rain
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