Time travel, sadly, has not been invented yet but if you could go back in time and give advice to your younger self what would it be? In this special feature to mark International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the power of hindsight. The best wisdom is hard-earned, accumulated through challenging experiences and mistakes many of … Read more
Anne Enright has been awarded the $175,000 (€160,000) Windham-Campbell Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards. The selection committee of anonymous judges said: “In her wide-ranging and wryly unsentimental fiction, Anne Enright explores the limitations and joys of our human need for belonging.” The Dublin writer said: “The sense of unreality has not … Read more
I invited more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, booksellers and festival curators – their names are listed at the bottom) to submit their 50 favourite Irish novels or short story collections of the century so far. We collated the results into a list of the 100 most broadly popular titles, ranked in descending order … Read more
“Says who?” is often my reaction when presented with any “Best of …” list in the media. Mindful of this and the knowledge that any verdict is only as trustworthy as the calibre of the jurors, I invited more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, booksellers and festival curators – their names are listed at … Read more