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# novel - Sunday 10 November, 2019
'I'm honouring her and other women who were abused': Tattooist of Auschwitz author returns with Cilka's story
We spoke to the best-selling New Zealand author during her recent trip to Ireland.
# novel - Thursday 12 September, 2019
'I really hope this becomes an annual thing': Aislings queue up at Eason to mark Aisling Day
Book three in the Oh My God What A Complete Aisling series came out today.
# novel - Tuesday 26 March, 2019
Meet Ann Devine - the Irish mammy to beat all Irish mammies
We talked live to Colm O’Regan about his debut novel, Ann Devine: Ready For Her Closeup.
# novel - Saturday 29 September, 2018
'We never expected it': How the OMGWACA authors dealt with becoming a phenomenon
We talked to authors Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen about the book’s incredible success.
# novel - Friday 1 December, 2017
Bad Sex Award 2017: Here's the worst example of writing about sex this year
The Bad Sex in Fiction Award goes to an outstandingly bad sex scene description in an otherwise good novel.
# novel - Sunday 22 October, 2017
How a former Riverdance star is turning Dracula into a mysterious stranger
A new play premiering next week ignores the usual Dracula tropes, making the story even more eerie.
# novel - Thursday 27 July, 2017
Two Irish writers have been longlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize
Mike McCormack and Sebastian Barry are two of the 13 writers who made the longlist.
# novel - Wednesday 29 March, 2017
'Crouched Burial': An award-winning poem before bedtime
A poem from this year’s Hennessy Awards Winner for Emerging Poetry, Una Mannion.
# novel - Wednesday 1 February, 2017
'It was such a shock, I no longer feel 61 but 22 again': Barry's delight at scooping major book award
Barry won the Costa Book of the Year award for Days Without End last night.
# novel - Wednesday 14 December, 2016
This author's one-sentence novel is the best Irish book of 2016
It has been a massive year for Mike McCormack, and his publishers Tramp Press.
# novel - Tuesday 15 November, 2016
Ronnie O'Sullivan: I could be the new JK Rowling!
The snooker star compared himself to Harry Potter author while promoting his new novel.
# novel - Saturday 23 April, 2016
How an erotic sex scene may have ruined this Australian MP's career
Dennis Jensen lost his party’s nomination earlier this month.
# novel - Friday 31 July, 2015
There's a big-screen version of chilling Irish novel inspired by crimes of Josef Fritzl
And it looks like it’s going to be pretty special.
# novel - Sunday 9 November, 2014
Obsession, sex, weight and women - welcome to the world of Only Ever Yours
Louise O’Neill’s debut novel has been getting rave reviews.
# novel - Saturday 1 November, 2014
The Internet is stopping the next great novel from being written
Lots of writers in a survey said they have used funny animal views to help them get through a creative block…
# novel - Sunday 15 June, 2014
What does it take to translate a best-seller into another language?
We asked an award-winning author and his translator what it’s like to translate a best-seller from Spanish to English.
# novel - Sunday 8 June, 2014
The first Irish memoir written using eye-gaze technology has been published
The author, Simon Fitzmaurice, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2008.
# novel - Thursday 5 June, 2014
Irish author Eimear McBride wins £30,000 Baileys Prize for her debut novel
She spent more than a decade trying to get it published – and now it’s won one of the biggest prizes in literature.
# novel - Friday 27 December, 2013
Extract: Colm McCann on Dublin, Ulysses and friendship
“The book that I return to, when I return to Ireland, is always Ulysses… Death takes away a lot of things, but it can’t ever take away our stories.”
# novel - Friday 19 July, 2013
JK Rowling 'angry' after her law firm admits leaking her alter ego
The Sunday Times newspaper revealed that the ‘Harry Potter’ author had penned the book under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
# novel - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Alan Shatter: Minister for Sex
The follow up to “Laura”?
# novel - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Column: Here's why I decided to make a graphic novel about Jim Larkin
Jim Larkin is an iconic figure in Irish history, yet when I was in school the Lockout only received a minor mention on the history syllabus – we wanted to make him more accessible, says Rory McConville.
# novel - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Author Iain Banks has late stage cancer, says he has less than a year to live
The Scottish novelist said that he did not expect to live beyond a year.
# novel - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
'The Damned United' author agrees to write Bill Shankly novel
David Peace has chosen the story of Liverpool’s legendary manager for his next project.
# novel - Thursday 8 November, 2012
Maeve Binchy’s final book tops Amazon’s pre-order list
Binchy’s long-term agent Christine Green said it was a bittersweet day because “we want to celebrate the book but we want her to be here too”.
# novel - Saturday 13 October, 2012
Can you identify these Irish literary quotations?
Go on, give it a go…
# novel - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
Is this the worst possible opening sentence to a novel?
A US university has announced the winner of a contest to find the worst-possible opening sentence to a novel. Warning: it’s pretty bad.
# novel - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
VIDEO: Is this what you imagined when you read The Great Gatsby?
The first trailer of Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation is out…
# novel - Saturday 31 December, 2011
Joyce copyright lifted from tomorrow
The copyright on the works of James Joyce expires on 1 January 2012 – meaning that for the first time, his published and unpublished writings will be in the public domain.
# novel - Thursday 4 August, 2011
David Cameron chooses Irish novel Skippy Dies as his summer read
The British Prime Minister has picked Paul Murray’s book to bring on holidays with him.
# novel - Thursday 9 June, 2011
Youngest ever winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction
Twenty-five-year-old Serbian-American Téa Obreht beat off competition from the favourite, Irish writer Emma Donoghue.
# novel - Tuesday 31 May, 2011
Take 5: Tuesday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock
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Poll: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
WELL, IT’S BEEN a week of blue skies across the country, with little rain in sight.
While it’s forecast to be colder over the weekend than in recent days, conditions, for the most part, are due to remain dry and sunny.
Temperatures today are to range between 9 and 15 degrees.
With little to no rain in sight at the moment, we’re wondering – are you itching for a rainy day? Or are you loving the sunshine?
So, today we want to know: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
Poll Results:
Sunshine, definitely (9903)
I like both (1813)
Rain, for sure (794)
I actually prefer snow more than anything (555)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
The Irish For: Kiltartanese and a passionate affair. The story of Galway's Lady Gregory
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Darach Ó Séaghdha follows the artistic path of one of Ireland’s most fascinating historical women.
Larry Donnelly: Kennedy vs Markey could be the last throw of the dice for the Irish American dynasty
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
The Kennedy vs Markey battle is the distraction from Covid-19 we all need, says Larry Donnelly.
Opinion: Economic activity is primed to resume after Covid-19. In the meantime, it’s about survival
By Robert Sweeney
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