Mystery writer PD James, who brought realistic modern characters to the classical British detective story, has died, her publisher said. She was 94.

The crime writer PD James has died at the age of 94.

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Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney has been remembered as one of Ireland’s finest literary minds following his death after a short illness. The farmer’s son died in hospital in Dublin aged 74.

Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney has been remembered as one of Ireland’s finest literary minds following his death after a short illness.

Author John Healy will be a guest at the Electric Picnic next weekend.

Here Comes Everybody: The Story of the Pogues

THE END of a marriage produces something new, something different from before.

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GOLD’S rally above $1,900 (€1,358) an ounce shows no signs of a “bubble” as central banks continue to boost money supply that has helped spur bullion to a record, according to investor Marc Faber.

Booker prize nominee Sebastian Barry tells Caroline O’Doherty how grateful he is that the protagonist told her story and guided him as he wrote it down.

Alan Glynn

Coltrane: The Story of a Sound

Catherine of Aragon: Henry’s Spanish Queen

Willy Vlautin

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Deirdre Madden

Tommy Barker discovers a finished family home par excellence in Tralee.

IF you’ve just unearthed that Christmas book token from down the back of the sofa, here’s a sure-fire way to turn it into literary gold: pop around to your local bookstore and exchange it for a copy of “The Damned United” (Faber).

The sales of books by writer John McGahern have increased significantly since his death, it emerged today.

The two winners of one of the oldest literary awards in the English language have been announced.