12 incredibly Irish moments from the new ‘bonkbuster’
‘The Cougar Diaries’ is an erotic novel, but not as we know it.
View Article9 reasons why Terry Pratchett is an absolute legend
Today is his birthday and he is quite amazing.
View ArticleInterview: ‘I just want to be seen as an actor, not a Traveller actor’
Starring in the new movie, King of the Travellers, Michael Collins says he wanted the film to be realistic of the Travelling community. Here he tells us about being refused from Dublin pubs, not...
View ArticleCheck out J.K. Rowling’s hand scrawled outline for Order of the Phoenix
So THAT’S how you write a book…
View ArticleSitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
View Article12 words you have to Google every single time you spell them
They are SPELLING KRYPTONITE.
View ArticleColumn: To be a successful writer nowadays, you have to embrace social media
Writers from the days of print-only publications are still running to catch up with digital revolution, which has levelled the playing field and created almost-boundless opportunities for those with...
View ArticleRoddy Doyle, Eamon Dunphy and Claudia Carroll among book of the year nominees
The Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards nominations feature a number of recognisable names.
View ArticleIrish Book Award winners: Roddy Doyle, Darina Allen, David Walsh and Fintan...
Some of Ireland’s top writers gathered tonight to award some of the nation’s best works.
View ArticleWant to be a film critic? Here’s your chance
The Irish Film Institute has set up an award scheme for potential movie critics in tribute to late programmer Pete Walsh.
View ArticleExtract: Colm McCann on Dublin, Ulysses and friendship
“The book that I return to, when I return to Ireland, is always Ulysses… Death takes away a lot of things, but it can’t ever take away our stories.”
View ArticleSitdown Sunday: The 20 deadliest reads of 2013
It’s been a year of great writing. Here’s the very best from around the web.
View ArticleColumn: It’s time to break down the barriers around poetry
Can’t we get more from our vast historic and modern wellspring of poetry? We are, after all, the nation that has reputedly more poets per square mile than any other in the world, writes Stephen Downes.
View ArticleWhat does it take to translate a best-seller into another language?
We asked an award-winning author and his translator what it’s like to translate a best-seller from Spanish to English.
View ArticleRyan Tubridy is writing a children’s book this summer
Tubs is making use of his Late Late downtime.
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