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Book review: White House’s layers of deceit
No US president or politician emerges from this book with any credit. According to the author, it is impossible to get elected to power in the US without becoming totally compromised

Sat, 14 Mar, 2026

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Book review: ‘All I wanted was a quiet life’
'A Hymn to Life' zigzags between two narratives: from Gisele Pelicot's difficult childhood to meeting Dominique Pelicot and their 50 years of marriage and her discovery of his crimes

Sat, 14 Mar, 2026

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Children's book reviews: Dreams of sporting greatness, messy hair, and suspicious fish
With Seachtain na Gaeilge upon us, Pet O’Connell reviews a selection of Irish language books for children and teenagers

Fri, 13 Mar, 2026

My Life in Books: 'Nothing nicer than a wander in a bookshop'
My Life in Books: 'Nothing nicer than a wander in a bookshop'
Retired garda Dearbhla Mescal, mother of famous actor Paul, has just released her new collection of poems and reflections

Sat, 07 Mar, 2026

Book review: Firm hold on skillful storytelling
Book review: Firm hold on skillful storytelling
Readers will readily empathise with, and root for, Dan and Tamma as they try to overcome every obstacle that lands in their path in this coming-of-age story

Sat, 07 Mar, 2026

Book review: Revelling in brilliant absurdity
Book review: Revelling in brilliant absurdity
Anyone who enjoys quirky stories with flawed but lovable characters and a good deal of heart will lap up this debut novel

Sat, 07 Mar, 2026

Book review: The Irish pub: Evolving and reinvented itself through time
Book review: The Irish pub: Evolving and reinvented itself through time
Consisting of 20 scholarly but accessible essays, the book explores its subject through the prism of history, design, sociology, literature, and psychology

Fri, 06 Mar, 2026

Leo Callanan: Reading can be fun, I promise
Leo Callanan: Reading can be fun, I promise
Reading for pleasure is something young men tend to lose as they move into adulthood

Thu, 05 Mar, 2026

Two Irish authors among those longlisted for Women's Prize Fiction award
Two Irish authors among those longlisted for Women's Prize Fiction award
The Women’s Prize Trust, the charity building a better future by championing women’s writing, announced the longlist ahead of International Women’s Day, which includes Irish authors Wendy Erskine and Kit de Waal

Wed, 04 Mar, 2026

10 new books for March: Liz Nugent, Asako Yuzuki, and an Irish romantasy
10 new books for March: Liz Nugent, Asako Yuzuki, and an Irish romantasy
Plus a deeply candid memoir from Liza Minnelli

Tue, 03 Mar, 2026

My Life in Books: I have a list of five-star reads that I always go back to
My Life in Books: I have a list of five-star reads that I always go back to
Author Carmel Harrington often picks up a Maeve Binchy or a Stephen King — depending on whether she needs comfort or escapism

Sun, 01 Mar, 2026

Book review: The forbidden love of two lonely strangers seeking a port in a storm
Book review: The forbidden love of two lonely strangers seeking a port in a storm
Debut novel about two immigrants, trying to navigate their lives in a country where bosses have no compunction about underpaying vulnerable workers

Sat, 28 Feb, 2026

Book review: Exhilarating thriller exposes the harsh reality of stalking
Book review: Exhilarating thriller exposes the harsh reality of stalking
Author Sam Blake has clearly done her homework in this impossible-to-put-down read

Sat, 28 Feb, 2026

using a laptop in a cafe
Karl Whitney: ‘With writing, just begin: You don’t always have to know where it’s going’
Where to begin can be difficult for a writing project. Like a song, the opening line of a work can make a real impact

Fri, 27 Feb, 2026

Book cart full of childrens' books in public school library
Colm O'Regan: Libraries are a tonic in these mad times
Yes, the book you want is there, but you’ll have to wait until the other person brings it back. When is that? When they’ve finished with it. It’s good to be told you have to share, as a grown-up

Fri, 27 Feb, 2026

HD Comics: New shop opens in Market Parade for Cork's comic book lovers 
HD Comics: New shop opens in Market Parade for Cork's comic book lovers 
Alan Hurley has opened the first dedicated comic shop in the city since Comic Vault shut in 2023

Tue, 24 Feb, 2026

'The lack of women was a terrible deprivation': Melvyn Bragg on Oxford, Boris Johnson, and Trump
'The lack of women was a terrible deprivation': Melvyn Bragg on Oxford, Boris Johnson, and Trump
As he publishes his memoir, the legendary broadcaster also recalls how the Russians tried to recruit him as a spy 

Tue, 24 Feb, 2026

Book review: Gender and family dynamics
Book review: Gender and family dynamics
Themes of queer parenting, gender identity, parasocial relationships and intense friendships are treated with accomplished care in 'Like Family'

Sat, 21 Feb, 2026

My Life in Books: I need to finish my next book so I can keep on writing
My Life in Books: I need to finish my next book so I can keep on writing
Author Rob Doyle was inspired to become a writer after reading Geoff Dyer's 'Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It'

Sat, 21 Feb, 2026

NEWS
Book review: Fight to discover your identity
Paul Cullen had always been fascinated by the unanswered questions about his origins, but for many years pushed them to the back of his mind for fear of upsetting the people who had raised him

Sat, 21 Feb, 2026

Goetz Victims on IRT
Book review: Violent and divided, the US of a bygone era is sadly familiar
This book is long, at times dense, and tough to digest, but ultimately a worthwhile read — a story of an America that hasn't changed that much at all

Fri, 20 Feb, 2026

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Richard Hogan: Tell your children — life is an open book
After years of avoiding them, Richard Hogan eventually fell under the spell of books and says Ireland Reads Day this month is a great opportunity to captivate the next generation

Thu, 19 Feb, 2026

Filming begins for Channel 4 adaptation of Cork novel The Rachel Incident
Filming begins for Channel 4 adaptation of Cork novel The Rachel Incident
The eight-part series has Máiréad Tyers, Sarah Green and Daniel Ing among the cast

Tue, 17 Feb, 2026

Sally Rooney attends a photocall during the Edinburgh International Book Festival on August, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Sally Rooney among authors longlisted for €100k Dublin Literary Award
It is the world's most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English

Tue, 17 Feb, 2026

Culture That Made Me: Irish author Patricia Scanlan picks her touchstones 
Culture That Made Me: Irish author Patricia Scanlan picks her touchstones 
The City Girls writer includes the likes of Leonard Cohen, Edna O’Brien, and Mary Poppins among her selections

Mon, 16 Feb, 2026

"Libri Come 2024 – Umanità" Literature Festival
Book review: Final Julian Barnes book an exemplary endnote
'Departure(s)' is most certainly not a novel; the book is more akin to correspondence, a signing off from a career which contains many fine novels and numerous awards

Sat, 14 Feb, 2026

Book review: The Famine years in West Kerry
Book review: The Famine years in West Kerry
Bryan MacMahon’s descriptions of events between 1845 and 1849 leave no doubt that the Famine was as bad as any famine witnessed in the television era

Sat, 14 Feb, 2026

My Life in Books: Reading ‘Adrian Mole’ made me want to be a writer
My Life in Books: Reading ‘Adrian Mole’ made me want to be a writer
Lynda Marron says she wants to read about flawed characters being put through the wringer of real life, then to see them coming out the other side with something learned and a bit of hope

Sat, 14 Feb, 2026

Irish Examiner view: Public has been sidelined in drone operator discussions
Irish Examiner view: Public has been sidelined in drone operator discussions
Parts of the city’s northside, the central island of the city, the Docklands, as well as Blackrock, Mahon, and Douglas is to join the existing red zone areas around Cork Airport and Cork Prison

Sat, 14 Feb, 2026

Book extract: ‘Turnover tax’ in 1963 was fraught with political risk
Book extract: ‘Turnover tax’ in 1963 was fraught with political risk
When finance minister James Ryan introduced a new sales tax of 2.5% on all goods and services it was the most significant change to the Irish taxation system since independence

Fri, 13 Feb, 2026

Ryan Cahill: Irish fantasy writer happy to ride the genre's rise in popularity 
Ryan Cahill: Irish fantasy writer happy to ride the genre's rise in popularity 
Cahill is happy that the fantasy genre is not only more popular than ever — it is also gaining more respect in the books industry

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026

Summer I Turned Pretty producers to adapt Cork author’s Boys of Tommen books for TV show
Summer I Turned Pretty producers to adapt Cork author’s Boys of Tommen books for TV show
Series one will be based on the first two novels in Chloe Walsh’s series, Binding 13 and Keeping 13

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Elmore Leonard
Book review: Ending leaves reader wanting more
'Picket Line: The Lost Novella' is a work from very long ago about a strike by honeydew melon pickers in south Texas’ Rio Grande Valley

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026

My Life in Books: ‘Reading provides an insight into a different world’
My Life in Books: ‘Reading provides an insight into a different world’
Multi-million-copy bestselling author of the DI Lottie Parker series Patricia Gibney

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026

Book review: Complex tale had too many plots
Book review: Complex tale had too many plots
Told from multiple points of view, all clearly marked, the story takes quite a number of far-fetched twists

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026

Musing on satire, power, and the long road to publication
Musing on satire, power, and the long road to publication
Aoife Feeney’s second novel is a satire, and satire in Feeney’s hands is not a decorative mode; it is a way of taking aim at what societies decide they must not question

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

10 new books for February: Gisele Pelicot, Edel Coffey, and more...
10 new books for February: Gisele Pelicot, Edel Coffey, and more...
French sexual assault victim Gisele Pelicot has written a book about her experiences 

Tue, 03 Feb, 2026

Listowel Writers' Week looks to turn the page on funding controversy
Listowel Writers' Week looks to turn the page on funding controversy
A revived festival, major Arts Council funding and unanswered questions have sparked deep divisions within Kerry’s close-knit literary community

Tue, 03 Feb, 2026

Neil Gaiman
Author Neil Gaiman claims sexual assault allegations are result of ‘smear campaign’
Nine women have come forward to accuse the 65-year-old English author of sexual misconduct

Mon, 02 Feb, 2026

Heavy snowfall in Glasgow
Diaries, like personal growth, are forever a work in progress
Documenting the great and small moments in your every day life serves many purposes, even — perhaps especially — when it’s not for publication, writes Karl Whitney

Sat, 31 Jan, 2026

Book review: How criminals are making a killing
Book review: How criminals are making a killing
Never a better time to be a criminal, says author Oliver Bullough, saying around €50bn a year washes through Europe’s money laundering schemes

Sat, 31 Jan, 2026

My Life in Books:  ‘I've yet to see a film that does justice to the book’
My Life in Books:  ‘I've yet to see a film that does justice to the book’
Poet, novelist, screenwriter, translator and broadcaster Theo Dorgan 

Sat, 31 Jan, 2026

Book review: Family secrets meet cold-case thrills
Book review: Family secrets meet cold-case thrills
The narrative moves quickly and has lots of twists and turns

Sat, 31 Jan, 2026

Colm O'Regan: Once upon a time... there was violence, cruelty and murder
Colm O'Regan: Once upon a time... there was violence, cruelty and murder
Do you remember Stories for Eight Year Olds — and its companions, stories for under-fives, five-year-olds, six, going all the way up to the over-10s

Fri, 30 Jan, 2026

Book review: Finely-crafted examination of life’s uncomfortable truths at death’s door
Book review: Finely-crafted examination of life’s uncomfortable truths at death’s door
'Vigil' explores comfort, repentance, and the path to redemption, which must be sought again and again

Sat, 24 Jan, 2026

Book review: Terror that threatens to unravel it all
Book review: Terror that threatens to unravel it all
Ellie Levenson has created an eminently relatable protagonist and the narrative is full of action, tension, drama, all wrapped around what is essentially a love story

Sat, 24 Jan, 2026

Book review: Fresh look at old battle scars
Book review: Fresh look at old battle scars
'The War of Independence in East Cork' makes an important contribution to the understanding of what occurred in East Cork during the 1919 to 1921 period

Sat, 24 Jan, 2026

Beginner’s pluck: Writer and teacher Eilish Fisher
Beginner’s pluck: Writer and teacher Eilish Fisher
Written in verse, this glorious children’s book is one to treasure

Sat, 24 Jan, 2026

Book review: Tragicomedy with a very unsettling narrative
Book review: Tragicomedy with a very unsettling narrative
This is a very dark tale highlighting the tragedy of mental health struggles and the toxic side of celebrity fandom

Sat, 24 Jan, 2026

Children's book reviews: News travels fast as readers are left between a rock and a hard place
Children's book reviews: News travels fast as readers are left between a rock and a hard place
Pet O’Connell rounds up a selection of the latest children’s books, with tales of climate change and Ramadan fasting, mountain climbing, and the wonders of Irish seaweed

Fri, 23 Jan, 2026

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