Dermot Bolger talks to Tony Clayton-Lea about his new book Tanglewood and how he believes that the introduction of free secondary education in the late 1960s was at the root of the 1980s burst of Irish creativity.

Michael O’Loughlin was born in Dublin. For many years he lived in Holland, but he returned home to settle down several years ago. He has published five collections with Raven Arts Press and New Island Books. He will read next month at the Cork Spring Poetry Festival. 

Poet Theo Dorgan has finally written a novel. He tells Caroline O’Doherty what took him so long and why the country is going in the wrong direction

Peter Sheridan’s new memoir — Break a Leg — covers two decades of life in the Irish arts. He tells Sue Leonard about how it influenced his life and work