Book Review: Thin Places by Kerri ní Dochartaigh Thin Places, Kerri ní Dochartaigh's debut work, a mixture of memoir, history and nature writing, demonstrates that she is in possession of the gift of ... Books • 26 Feb
Reviewed: Neil Jordan's new novel Neil Jordan's depiction of the revolutionary, Lord Edward Fitzgerald and his faithful manservant, Tony Small, is an enthralling and stirring chronicle set against the backdrop ... Books • 01 Mar
Reviewed: A Burning by Megha Majumdar Dispiriting insights into life in India suggest that Megha Majumdar will not be invited to write purple prose for the Bengal tourist authority following her ... Books • 25 Feb
Reviewed: Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden Caution: This book may cause an existential crisis, writes Béibhinn Breathnach of Salena Godden's debut novel. Books • 24 Feb
Book review: A Perfect Cemetery by Federico Falco Federico Falco's tales could easily slip under the radar but these rich and authentic portraits of Argentinian lives are well worth seeking out Books • 19 Feb
Book review: Ordesa by Manuel Vilas Manuel Vilas' latest work, his first to be translated into English, won France's Prix Femina Etranger in 2019, and the 291-page novel has sold over ... Books • 16 Feb
Reviewed: Life Sentences by Billy O' Callaghan Cork writer Billy O'Callaghan's second novel is described by the author himself as 'a skin of fiction laid over a considerable amount of truth and ... Books • 15 Feb
Reviewed: A pair of outstanding new art books Reaktion Books have just issued enticing studies, replete with the paintings, of the artists Piero della Francesca and Giorgione as part of their ongoing Renaissance ... Books • 12 Feb
Reviewed: The Life & Times Of Graham Greene This new 586-page biography from Professor Richard Greene - no relation - considers Graham Greene, the writer and the public man, the unflinching traveller into ... Books • 12 Feb
Book review: The Art of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin Danielle McLaughlin makes the transition from short story to first novel with this family drama set in Cork, where absolutely everyone is flawed, writes Aoife ... Books • 09 Feb
Reviewed: Words To Shape My Name by Laura McKenna Words To Shape My Name spotlights one of Irish history's lesser known figures in a tale of resilience, loyalty and freedom, writes Béibhinn Breathnach of ... Books • 08 Feb
Reviewed: The Collected Stories of Shirley Hazzard There is no apology in Shirley Hazzard's stories about her characters' milieu, they are in the main cultivated people, with some means at their disposal. Books • 03 Feb
Reviewed: A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion Sligo writer Una Mannion's first novel is about the repercussions of a fateful decision to leave a daughter at the side of the road after ... Books • 02 Feb
Reviewed: Ten Days by Austin Duffy Thoughtful, gentle and beautifully crafted, writes Sinead Crowley, who has been reading Austin Duffy's new novel which envisages a difficult scenario of bereavement following the ... Books • 01 Feb
Reviewed: The Habsburgs by Martyn Rady Martyn Rady's magisterial history proves a pleasurably accessible work, telling the story of Europe's greatest dynasty which ruled an empire on which the sun never ... Books • 27 Jan
Book review: Käsebier Takes Berlin by Gabriele Tergit The writer Gabriele Tergit used her journalistic experience during the Weimar Republic to pen her most popular novel in which some recent reviewers have seen ... Books • 25 Jan
Reviewed: The Moth and the Mountain by Ed Caesar The Moth and the Mountain tells the riveting story of Maurice Wilson who in his mid-thirties planned to be the first man to climb Mount ... Books • 14 Jan
Reviewed: The Stinging Fly - The Galway 2020 Edition To mark its reigning year as European Capital of Culture The Stinging Fly invited writers established and new to submit work inspired by the City ... Books • 13 Jan
Reviewed: Greece - Biography of a Modern Nation The author began writing his fascinating story of Greece in August 2015, just a month after the country had for the third time barely avoided ... Books • 08 Jan
Reviewed: The Cop and the Anthem by O Henry O Henry was born William Porter in North Carolina in 1862 and he died in New York in 1910. The Cop and the Anthem is ... Books • 07 Jan
Reviewed: Mantel Pieces by Hilary Mantel Hilary Mantel's collection of essays and reviews reveals fascinating insights into the days before she became a two-time Booker prize-winner, the only woman to ever ... Books • 11 Jan
Book review: The Godless Gospel by Julian Baggini Some of the parables of Jesus are cryptic enough to need the kind of elucidation offered respectfully and incisively by Julian Baggini in his fascinating ... Books • 01 Jan
Inside Fine Gael: Saving the State reviewed Saving the State - Fine Gael from Collins to Varadkar charts the chequered history of the party from its origins in the 1920s to the ... Books • 04 Jan
Feline Philosophy Cats and the Meaning of Life - Gray After you have finished reading John Gray's short book on cats and how they differ from us humans, you feel it might be a better ... Books • 29 Dec 20
Reviewed: There are Places in the World - Carlo Rovelli Intersections in science and philosophy, religious and political cogitations, literary and poetic examinations - In There are Places in the World Where Rules are Less ... Books • 29 Dec 20
