Last week, the teenagers were away on a trip for five days. They are in transition year, so their lives are currently a heady mix of travel adventures, work experience, creative projects and community service. One of them came back from the nursing home they visit once a week, their whole being animated by the … Read more
On a rainy day in a rainy month in Dublin, Edel Coffey sits in a quiet corner of a city-centre hotel, dressed all in black, but emanating sunshine. The author, until recently books editor of The Gloss magazine, and a regular contributor to these pages, is explaining the concept of a shadow artist. “It’s where … Read more
Dubliner Tanya Sweeney has a lot to celebrate as we ease into 2026. Her debut novel, Esther is Now Following You, has arrived in bookshops accompanied by the kind of pre-publicity and literary merch (badges and tote bags) most budding authors can only fantasise about. The novel is a pacy, darkly funny and original thriller … Read more