Person: Bernard MacLaverty

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<p>People who are free take tiny everyday freedoms for granted — but we lose it all when we are consigned to a nursing home, even when it's ‘for your own good’. Stock picture: iStock</p>

columnists

Terry Prone: Even great nursing homes involve losing crucial everyday freedoms

Freedom is myriad tiny choices that people who are free take for granted. White or beige coffee filters. Toast or porridge. Driving the long way or the short. Now try living without that autonomy

news

Big Wellcome for Irish authors on prize longlist

gaa

The big interview with Tracey Kennedy: The art of seeing the bigger picture

news

Cork a big winner at Bord Gáis Energy Book Awards

general

A QUESTION OF TASTE - Ciara Higgins

celebrity

Arts Council announces nominees for inaugural Irish Laureate

Bernard MacLaverty's flight of the imagination

Bernard MacLaverty won acclaim for his novels Lamb and Cal, but his mastery of short fiction is confirmed by his new Collected Stories, says JP O’ Malley.

Sat, 28 Dec, 2013

High-profile entries for short story award

COMPETITION is intensifying for the world’s largest short story award.

Wed, 19 Apr, 2006

Top novelist to appear at Foyle Film Festival

A Belfast novelist who scooped an award for his first venture into movie-making has been lined up for an appearance at the Foyle Film Festival.

Thu, 18 Nov, 2004

Irish writers unite against war

Ireland's top writers have come together to voice their opposition to the war through the power of the pen.

Fri, 28 Mar, 2003