ALTHOUGH I think little of literary movements, believing that great work comes from an individual rather than from a limited company, yet it must be admitted that of the world’s writers of this half ...

Irish authors Jonathan Swift and James Joyce are among the top 10 most studied authors for English Literature degrees at universities across the U.S. Language learning platform Preply conducted a ...

The shortlist for the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards has been unveiled, featuring a diverse and exciting mix of exceptional writing from both new and established writers across 19 categories.

The Irish Writers Centre has announced its new Patrons Programme on its milestone 35th anniversary. The leading development and resource organisation for writers in Ireland launched the initiative to ...

Around 1912, Michael Patrick Pearson’s grandfather, an Irish immigrant, abruptly abandoned his wife, infant daughter and three stepsons in the South Bronx, and disappeared. That act reverberated ...

St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, so it feels right to go ahead and dedicate a column to my favorite Irish writers. There are many, too many, as the Irish punch well above their population ...

Edna O’Brien, one of Ireland’s most celebrated authors, has died at 93. Critics have praised her novels for honest portrayals of women’s passions. Irish writer Edna O'Brien died Saturday at the age of ...

The reasons for this rise in adaptation for television and major streamers reflect how we as audiences are consuming culture ...

The proposed ‘Literary Ways’ criss-crossing Border counties highlight writers from WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney to Nell ...

Irish Times Books Editor Martin Doyle has launched a collection of interviews he has carried out with writers over the last 35 years. The collection is a compendium of Doyle’s interviews from his time ...