Person: Donna Tartt

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KINSALE LITERARY FEST: The third incarnation of the Words by Water event takes place next weekend with its most impressive line-up yet.

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Cork director John Crowley on bringing The Goldfinch to the big screen

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Hot 100: The biggest tickets for this autumn

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The Hot 100: The films, gigs, festivals and tv highlights of summer 2019

The more I spent, the more I hoped each purchase could fill that void inside me

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BEGINNER’S PLUCK: Eithne Shortall

Book to the future: Paper’s final chapter has yet to be written

Amid then fall-off in ebooks’ popularity, Mark Evans contacted bookshops to find out why sales of paper books are staging a welcome fightback from the brink of extinction

Mon, 12 Dec, 2016

Sarah Jessica Parker turns her hand to editing and publishing for Hogarth

If Parker printed an inventory of her wardrobe and bound it in her favourite colour it would be a bestseller.

Sat, 12 Nov, 2016

Beginner’s Pluck: Frankie Gaffney

STARTING life in Balbriggan, Frankie moved to inner-city Dublin at 12. He mitched from school, and in his early 20s, working in nightclubs, saw Dublin’s underside.

Sat, 31 Oct, 2015

Beginner’s Pluck: Frankie Gaffney

STARTING life in Balbriggan, Frankie moved to inner-city Dublin at 12. He mitched from school, and in his early 20s, working in nightclubs, saw Dublin’s underside.

Sat, 31 Oct, 2015

A Question of Taste: Mary Black

Mary Black plays live in the open-air courtyard of the 2,500-acre Curraghmore Estate in Portlaw, Waterford, on Saturday, September 19, as part of the Comeraghs Wild Festival. Tickets are €27.50 and on sale from www.comeraghswild.com 

Thu, 10 Sep, 2015

Previous winner McCann among five Irish novelists in running for DUBLIN Literary Award

Five Irish novels have been nominated along with 137 other titles by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award.

Mon, 24 Nov, 2014

Beginner’s Pluck

LOUISE O’NEILL

Sun, 10 Aug, 2014

Irish author O'Neill favourite to win Man Booker Prize

Irish authors Joseph O’Neill and Niall Williams are in the running for this year’s Man Booker Prize.

Wed, 23 Jul, 2014

Cook books editor who serves up bestsellers

The Accident

Sun, 13 Jul, 2014

Unfinished tales: The books you never finished reading

Bermuda shorts. Check. Swimming togs x2. Check. Factor 50. Check. War & Peace, Ulysses. Ch... Hold it a minute.

Sat, 12 Jul, 2014

Writer gets two awards in 2 weeks for debut novel

Debut novelist Eimear McBride has won the £30,000 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction only a week after winning the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.

Thu, 05 Jun, 2014

Irish novelist Eimear McBride wins top fiction prize

Debut Irish novelist Eimear McBride has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction only three months after failing to win another high-profile award.

Wed, 04 Jun, 2014

Well worth the wait as Tartt serves up her latest slice of literary perfection

The Goldfinch

Sat, 14 Dec, 2013

Best of the Week's TV (Nov 30 to Dec 6)

Highlights includethe return of Anne Doyle, and Simon Reeve's new show on pilgrimages

Fri, 29 Nov, 2013

Literati out in force at book awards as Roddy Doyle scoops novel of the year

The literary stars came out last night for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards in Dublin.

Wed, 27 Nov, 2013

Tales from the dark side

Crime has definitely paid for John Connolly, who has sold over 10m books. He talks murder with Richard Fitzpatrick

Wed, 29 Aug, 2012

Back to ground zero

BRET EASTON ELLIS was 19 when he wrote Less Than Zero, a coruscating account of disaffected youth in his hometown, Los Angeles.

Sat, 07 Aug, 2010

Potter works magic on Bloombury's bottom line

The launch of the latest Harry Potter book helped London-based publishing house Bloomsbury boost sales and see pre-tax profit leap 38.3% to £15.38m, in 2003.

Tue, 23 Mar, 2004

Harry Potter makes magic for publisher

Publishing company Bloomsbury said today that a magical performance from child wizard Harry Potter in the first half of 2003 helped it to one of the busiest six-month periods in its history.

Tue, 09 Sep, 2003

Valerie Martin wins Orange prize

American author Valerie Martin beat favourites Donna Tartt and Zadie Smith to win the Orange Prize for Fiction tonight.

Tue, 03 Jun, 2003

Darcy, the object of most women readers' desire

The dashing and noble hero Mr Darcy is the dream date for female bookworms, a survey found today.

Mon, 02 Jun, 2003

Bloomsbury expecting a record autumn

Bloomsbury Publishing turned the spotlight away from its Harry Potter series today as it geared up for what it believes will be a record autumn.

Tue, 17 Sep, 2002