JOHNNY ‘Fang’ Murphy is a founder member of the Stargazers. From Blackrock in Cork, he now lives in Macroom. The Stargazers perform tonight at Triskel Christchurch in Cork on a double bill with the Lee Valley String Band in support of Médecins Sans Frontières.

RJ Ellory puts you deep in the heart of Texas in his new crime thriller Mockingbird Songs — a simple backstory is dealt with quickly enough to put you straight into the main plot.

From Sinead O’Connor’s controversial tweets to faked book reviews, has the gloss finally fallen off the internet, asks Jason Walsh

THERE is no question that books will eventually be bought almost exclusively online or that we are living through the end of an era for the printed book.

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