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Controversial book about royal family pulled from shelves in the Netherlands
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Controversial book about royal family pulled from shelves in the Netherlands
Irish News
Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch: ‘The riots are a wake-up call for Ireland’
Irish News
Irish author Paul Lynch accepts Booker Prize award for his novel 'Prophet Song'
Books diary: A great night at the An Post Irish Book Awards, readings for Palestine and counting down to the Booker Prize
Sun 26 Nov 2023 at 03:30
Book club continues to find new meaning in James Joyce tome 28 years after opening it
Fri 17 Nov 2023 at 03:30
Lia Mills: Words can be powerful weapons in a time of war
Sun 05 Nov 2023 at 03:30
Jane Clarke: ‘My mother taught me to recite The Owl and the Pussy-Cat which gave me a love of rhythm and rhyme’
Sun 29 Oct 2023 at 03:30
Dee Barragry takes Staróg Prize as awards season heats up
Sun 29 Oct 2023 at 03:30
Files from inside the Grangegorman Asylum: ‘We cannot take him home. Please contact us again when he has died’
Sun 22 Oct 2023 at 04:30
Writer Emma Heatherington: ‘When Mummy died, everything took a back seat’
Sun 22 Oct 2023 at 03:30
Cookbooks, crime fiction, and Booker nominees and newcomers all on shortlist for An Post Irish Book Awards
Thu 19 Oct 2023 at 20:32
Postcards from the past: Old Ireland in colour
Sun 15 Oct 2023 at 03:30
US serial killer dubbed the ‘Gorilla killer’ and his Carrickfergus victim
Mon 02 Oct 2023 at 10:31
Maeve Binchy is remembered while crime takes centre stage at literary festivals
Sun 01 Oct 2023 at 03:30
Write by the Sea will bring literary set to Kilmore Quay
Sun 17 Sep 2023 at 03:30
The mysterious stranger dropped from the English version of a classic Irish memoir
Sun 10 Sep 2023 at 03:30
Books round-up: Take inspiration at some of the country’s best arts festivals
Sun 13 Aug 2023 at 03:30
Becoming a writer: It’s rarely quick and never straightforward
Sun 06 Aug 2023 at 03:30
Why four Irish authors on Booker longlist is a thrill but not a surprise
Wed 02 Aug 2023 at 03:30
Dara McAnulty kicks off Omagh Literary Festival as Irish writers continue to impress on world stage
Sun 30 Jul 2023 at 03:30
Diversity in literature, new thrillers and last call for entrants to Sunday Independent-backed literary prize
Sun 16 Jul 2023 at 03:30
Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, dies at age 94
Wed 12 Jul 2023 at 12:51
First edition of The Hobbit found in charity shop sells for more than €11,000
Wed 12 Jul 2023 at 12:10
Obituary: Victoria Amelina – Poet and novelist who became a war-crimes investigator in Ukraine
Sun 09 Jul 2023 at 03:30
Found in translation: Colm Tóibín wins the Literary Award of the Francophonie Ambassadors in Ireland for The Magician
Sun 02 Jul 2023 at 02:00
Writer Gráinne O’Brien: ‘No matter how scary the real world got, once Poirot turned up a certain comfort would overcome me’
Sun 02 Jul 2023 at 02:00
Obituary: Cormac McCarthy, US novelist with a unique and bloody vision who found fame with ‘No Country for Old Men’
Sun 18 Jun 2023 at 03:30
Blindboy Boatclub: why the podcaster has a bestseller in the bag
Sat 10 Jun 2023 at 03:30
Writer Richard Ford among big names at the Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas and Dalkey's Book Festival
Sun 28 May 2023 at 03:30
Tom Hanks says he would boycott books that are rewritten to avoid offending ‘modern sensitivities’
Wed 10 May 2023 at 03:30
Obituary: Anne Perry, bestselling historical crime writer – who was convicted of murder in her teens
Sun 23 Apr 2023 at 03:30
Cecelia Ahern explains why she shredded all her diaries from age 10 to 21 just a few weeks ago
Wed 19 Apr 2023 at 14:15
Sunday Independent unveils writing prize for children’s fiction
Sun 16 Apr 2023 at 03:30
Shortlist announced for €100,000 Dublin Literary Award
What’s on in literary festivals: Anne Enright, Sebastian Barry, Harlan Coben, Liz Nugent and a focus on Brendan Behan
Obituary: Fergal Tobin, accomplished editor, author and publisher of landmark books
Homeless campaigner Sr Stan dedicates book to her ‘inspiring, courageous friend’ Charlie Bird
Claire Keegan, Colm Tóibín and Catherine Ryan Howard battle it out for €100k literary prize
Obituary: Kevin Higgins, poet renowned for wit and compassion who nurtured writers and sought out new talent
A tale of literary rivalry, a writer’s biography and how to get published
Obituary: Fay Weldon, thrice-wed colourful author acclaimed for her warts-and-all portrayals of wronged women
Fay Weldon, author of The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil, dies aged 91
From Margaret Atwood to Joseph O’Connor and more – 100 books coming your way in 2023
Why a great husband could be key to writing a great book
An Post Book Awards: ‘I wrote like a madwoman surrounded by kids’ toys,’ says crime fiction winner
Tangled up in blue: row as ‘robot’ signs new Bob Dylan book
Debut novelists and household names among big winners at An Post Irish Book Awards
Malcolm Macarthur ‘breaks his silence’ on GUBU murders of 1982
Wild swimming in Ireland, Dingle literary festival and the wonder of Winterval in Waterford
‘Enough is enough. I have to write about this’ – Judith Mok on tackling the Holocaust’s impact on her family in memoir
Six literary gems vie for accolade of Sunday Independent Newcomer of Year
This week in books: Ukrainian artists, Belfast-bound writers, and remembering Eavan Boland
Charlie Bird ‘loved’ as one of Ireland’s greatest – Bertie Ahern tells book launch
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