In 1960, novelist John Steinbeck took to the byways of America to rediscover his native land. Geert Mak’s retracing of his tyre-tracks gives a fresh perspective to his travels.  compares the two odysseys.

A new series on RTÉ One tomorrow looks behind the scenes of the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney.

Amy was “an OK actress” and later a social worker and a psychotherapist before realising that her childhood love of reading and her parents’ jobs as journalists were clues to her true calling. She spoke to Sue Leonard.

Johns Smith’s Bookshop in UCC will close its doors on Friday, November 21.

A trio of top hotels, in Cork City, Killarney, and Kilkenny, is being offered as a rare portfolio sale bundle, for €30m.

In what must be a childhood dream come true, Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson has been announced as one of the stars that will join with the original Star Wars cast for the latest movie in the blockbuster franchise.

James Franco is set to make his Broadway debut in a new production of 'Of Mice and Men'.

Steven Spielberg is planning a remake of 'The Grapes of Wrath'.

Random House and Penguin Group have completed a planned merger which creates the world’s largest publisher of consumer books.

Athlone IT’s indoor track can make Irish athletics stand out from the crowd, writes Feidhlim Kelly

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Bob Dylan was 70 this week. He has had many guises in 50 years as a musician — from folkie to protest singer to prophet and preacher — but he is always relevant, says Carl Dixon

FOR BOTH Oprah Winfrey and her millions of fans, it’s the end of an era: Wednesday saw the final ever episode of Oprah’s astonishingly successful daytime talk show.

Oprah Winfrey has decided that it is the best of times for Charles Dickens.

AS the spiritual home of the US Open, the storied Pebble Beach Golf Links seemed perhaps an incongruous place to announce the destination of a new venue on the circuit for the 2017 tournament.

GRAEME MCDOWELL threw open the curtains of his $500 a night hotel room at the Monterey Plaza on Cannery Row and stepped out onto the balcony to drink in the salty air and the stunning views.

WITH less than a week to go before Finance Minister Brian Lenihan throws the dice one more time to try to turn the tide threatening to swamp us all, the pot is beginning to simmer nicely.

PAUL NEWMAN is battling cancer, an acquaintance of the Hollywood star said yesterday.

Paul Newman is battling cancer, an acquaintance of the Hollywood star said today.

Veteran actor Paul Newman is to make his debut as a theatre director at the age of 83.

Actor-turned-author Ethan Hawke refuses to let the critics' unkind words about his first two novels dampen his spirits as he works on his third literary offering.

AFTER four years at the top of the list, it seems Harry Potter has lost some of his magic - to offend.

Matthew Kelly, the TV presenter whose career was nearly ruined by child sex abuse allegations, has been named best actor at the Olivier Awards.

Stars In Their Eyes host Matthew Kelly has been nominated for best actor at the prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards

Elaine Steinbeck, the former actress who married John Steinbeck and became a self-described ambassador of the Nobel laureate’s legacy, has died. She was 88.

Matthew Kelly will honour a commitment to star in a play in Edinburgh, despite the child sex abuse allegations made against him.

The Sri Lankan holiday home of TV presenter Matthew Kelly has been raided by police, the head of the country’s child protection agency said today.

Louis Owens, a prize-winning novelist and leading scholar on American Indian fiction, has died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, hospital officials said. He was 53.