Author Iain Banks dies months after revealing cancer battle
The author of books including the Wasp Factory had announced in April that he had advanced cancer.
View ArticleColumn: Why did JK Rowling feel the need to use a pseudonym?
It’s been revealed that the Harry Potter creator used a male pseudonym and is in fact the author of a new mystery crime novel – but Michelle Jackson writes that it is sad Rowling had to do that to...
View ArticleWhy on earth would a Muslim be writing about Jesus?
One Fox News anchor couldn’t seem to get her head around it.
View Article15 Shades of Gay... a look back at Uncle Gaybo through the years
There’s more to him than just The Late Late Show you know…
View ArticleAlice Munro declines Nobel awards invite due to poor health
The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is due to pick up a prize of US $1.2 million.
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling to produce Harry Potter play in London's West End
It’ll tell the story of Harry’s life before Hogwarts. Coooool.
View ArticleThis short Twitter story by R.L. Stine will give you Goosebumps all over again
The spooky tale by the childen’s horror author will take you right back.
View ArticleCuba makes Hemingway bills, letters and recipes available to USA
The Nobel Prize-winning author spent more than two decades living in Cuba.
View ArticleUS writer Peter Matthiessen dies aged 86
The author, who had been diagnosed with leukaemia, had been ill for a number of months.
View ArticleWhat if Game of Thrones author George RR Martin planned YOUR wedding?
There are no spoilers in here. None.
View ArticleWe studied Maya Angelou's writing in school - here's what she taught us
The author passed away today at the age of 86.
View ArticleThe first Irish memoir written using eye-gaze technology has been published
The author, Simon Fitzmaurice, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2008.
View Article7 important life lessons we learned from Maurice Sendak
The author of Where the Wild Things Are would have been 83 today.
View ArticleHere's What Happened Today: Thursday
Everyone’s talking about the cancelled Garth Brooks gigs, Enda in Germany and the price of cigarettes….
View ArticleHeirs of Sherlock Holmes author had their petition refused by US Supreme...
A court ruling stands that some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories are no longer in copyright.
View ArticleJK Rowling continues her reign as queen of Twitter with this excellent...
Um, why is she not our best friend yet?
View ArticleOne day I was broke... then I got a call that changed everything
Colm Keegan is the new writer-in-residence at DLR Lexicon library in Dun Laoghaire.
View ArticleTerry Pratchett fans have begun to petition Death himself
It’s what he would have wanted.
View ArticleRoddy Doyle's latest project was launched in the most fitting way
His Barrytown Trilogy will be part of a book initiative in Dublin next month.
View ArticleHarper Lee's long-lost novel has arrived - here's what we think of the first...
There’s an exclusive extract on line today.
View ArticleHe was attacked and left for dead, but Robert chose to 'get better, not bitter'
Robert Drake, an author, saw his life changed in one night.
View ArticleLouise O'Neill: "I wanted the reader to finish this book and be absolutely...
The Cork author’s book is one of the most talked-about novels of the year.
View ArticleThis incredible Irishman is unknown in Ireland - but he's one of our greatest...
He’s not a household name here – but he is in Japan.
View ArticleRevealing the hidden lives of the women behind the genius of Oscar Wilde
A new Irish book explores the role of women in Wilde’s life.
View ArticleLeprechauns and fantasy make this Irish author one of the most popular in the...
We sat down with the famous writer for a chat about his latest projects.
View Article"I wrote from anger": This hard-hitting Irish book is about tattoos and tragedy
We spoke to the author, Deirdre Sullivan.
View Article"It was a shock to the system": Cycling the Iron Curtain on a shopping bicycle
We spoke to Tim Moore about his journey.
View ArticleRenowned Irish author William Trevor dies aged 88
The author died at his home in Devon, England.
View ArticleWatership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96
The novel was made into an animated film in 1978.
View ArticleProdigious British author and art critic John Berger has died aged 90
Berger’s Ways of Seeing programme changed the face of art criticism.
View Article'Everyone says you can achieve your dreams and life will be perfect - but it...
Writer Sara Baume tells us what inspired her second novel, about a young woman’s quarter-life crisis.
View Article'Parents protect children - but they deserve to know and understand what's...
Author Jane Mitchell tells us why she wrote about the Syrian war in her latest book – and why she went to volunteer in Calais.
View ArticleAuthor behind heartbreaking Modern Love essay dies aged 51
Amy Krouse Rosenthal had recently written about being terminally ill and leaving behind her husband Jason.
View Article"We grew up in the North saying 'what is going on here, this is insane, it's...
Actor Ciaran McMenamin’s debut novel is inspired by his youth growing up in Enniskillen during the Troubles
View ArticleA Harry Potter prequel handwritten by JK Rowling has been stolen
Author JK Rowling has appealed to Harry Potter fans and the public to help return it.
View ArticleA book about a woman who locked herself into her house has won a €100k Dublin...
We spoke to its author, Angolan native José Eduardo Agualusa.
View ArticleThis Northern Irish author's new novel could be the next Gone Girl
We talked to Stuart Neville, whose new book Here and Gone has been optioned for a movie.
View ArticleFormer IRA informer Sean O'Callaghan dies in Jamaica
O’Callaghan worked as a garda informer from within the provisional IRA during the 1980s.
View ArticleJohn Banville: 'Many people regard me as a misogynist. I am the opposite of a...
Considered one of Ireland’s greatest writers, he has penned what he says is a feminist sequel to Henry James’ novel The Portrait of A Lady.
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