Kevin Barry, Jamie Heaslip, Donal Skehan and Andrea Corr are just some of the people shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards

Cecelia Ahern has revealed that Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank on is board for a new movie on her sequel to her blockbuster P.S. I Love You.

In Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell popularised the theory of the ‘10,000-hour rule’, saying that in order to master any given subject to a world-class level, you need to devote at least ten thousand hours to practicing it.

A gameshow filmed in Ireland will be part of a new unscripted original series line-up on streaming giant, Netflix.

While I may not agree with every woman I meet, or even like them, I am still committed to using my voice, such as it is, to amplifying the voices of the women around me, writes Louise O’Neill

Marian Keyes, Roddy Doyle, and Cecelia Ahern have all been shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards.

At a loss for plans this week? Here’s a few ideas courtesy of Des O’Driscoll.

THE public appetite for talent shows doesn’t seem to be abating; they make great, and cheap entertainment, but what is it like to be a contestant, thrown into the limelight to be criticised or praised? 

Diverse and exciting writing talent has been shortlisted across 14 categories for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards.

Cecelia Ahern’s first young adult novel tackles our obsession with image and appearance, which Ahern says has become too pervasive, writes Colette Sheridan 

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THE Marble Collector opens with a memory. Sabrina Bloggs, aged three, watches as her mother launches the teapot at the ceiling. 

Cecelia Ahern was concerned that having babies would make writing impossible. But, as Hannah Stephenson discovers, she needn’t have worried

There was huge excitement yesterday as Ireland’s authors gathered at the Bord Gáis Theatre for the announcement of the shortlist for the Irish Book Awards 2015.

The acclaimed Jim McGuinness memoir, Until Victory Always, has been shortlisted for the Irish Sports Book of the Year award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards which will be held in the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Dublin on Wednesday, November 25. 

With their flat caps, half tans, and muddy shoes, farmers might be an unlikely choice of pin-up, yet every year thousands scramble to get their hands on the Irish Farmer Calendar, ogling the prime Irish beef within.

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The best way to deal with crippling anxiety attacks is to challenge the cause of the catastrophic thoughts, writes Áilín Quinlan.

Best-selling novelist Cecelia Ahern has revealed that she has suffered from panic attacks since childhood.

Dermot Bannon is back with a new series of Room To Improve tomorrow.

Many novels include a damsel in distress, but for one of Ireland’s leading authors, it was a "Hailo"ed-saint not a knight who came to her aid.

They have changed our nappies, tended our scrapes, packed our school lunches, cured every ill with flat 7-Up and, in some cases, still wash our clothes.

“Nobody wants to hear of their dad, you know, being hit over the head with a crutch. It’s awful...”

Yvonne Keating says she has never been happier.

Sensory stories for intellectually disabled get a wider audience, Helen O’Callaghan reports.

The poetry imprint’s founder has just opened a bookshop and literary centre in Ennistymon, Co Clare, says Colette Sheridan

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Some of Ireland’s best chefs are stirring things up for the first time in the Irish Book Awards.

Having started its business with news stalls in train stations across Ireland in the late-1800s, the Eason chain has gone back to the future to launch the country’s first Virtual Book Shop at Connolly Station in Dublin.

In 2002, after her legendary book deal, she was written off as a one-hit wonder. But a decade later, Cecelia Ahern is one of the country’s most successful writers, says Sue Leonard

Over €2,500 in cash was returned yesterday to an 86-year-old woman who was dragged around her home and tied up during an aggravated burglary.

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Sarah Webb will lead workshop on penning commercial fiction at Waterford Writers Weekend, says Colette Sheridan.

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DUBLIN 4’s best-loved Celtic Tiger cub Ross O’Carroll Kelly’s latest adventure has been crowned the country’s all-time favourite book.

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