Reviewed: This Is It by Conor Creighton "A satisfied mind is your birthright", writes Conor Creighton in This Is It, his empathetic and soothingly familiar memoir and meditation guide - though you'd ... Books • 01 May
Reviewed: Midfield Dynamo by Adrian Duncan Adrian Duncan has the ability to tell entertaining tales ranging from absurd and cynical, to the affecting and tragic, writes Adam Matthews, who has nevertheless ... Books • 22 Mar
Reviewed: Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan Megan Nolan's debut novel provides an unsettling account of one young woman's desire to feel real, writes Béibhinn Breathnach Books • 11 Mar
Reviewed: The Life of Patricia Highsmith Devils, Lusts and Strange Desires - The Life of Patricia Highsmith is the third biographical engagement with the troubled life, and it appears on the ... Books • 15 Mar
Review: A Gap in the Clouds - Japanese poems translated Poet and translator have done a highly impressive job, working through the undergrowth and the overgrowth of the Japanese Tanka, the short poems that comprise ... Books • 09 Mar
Reviewed: Corpsing by Sophie White Corpsing: My Body and Other Horror Stories comprises a collection of personal, lived horror stories in which the setting is Sophie White's own body. Books • 08 Mar
Book Review: The Sunken Road by Ciarán McMenamin Childhood friendships strained by enforced absence and a broken promise, the limits of personal loyalty, a cat and mouse chase with a bitter nemesis and ... Books • 07 Mar
Reviewed: Pure Gold by John Patrick McHugh The eight stories in Pure Gold explore rites of passage, childhood interactions, marriage, pubescent infatuation, sexual discovery, and the transition into adulthood. Books • 06 Mar
Reviewed: A Good Father by Catherine Talbot Hannah Byrne found Catherine Talbot's debut novel about domestic control to be an exquisite piece of writing. Books • 05 Mar
Reviewed: What Britain Did to Nigeria by Max Siollun Historian Max Siollun asks three questions in his fascinating new study - Why did Britain come to Nigeria? What did Britain do to Nigeria? How ... Books • 04 Mar
Reviewed: Germs By Richard Wollheim First published posthumously in 2004, Richard Wollheim's classic memoir of a sensitive boyhood proves fascinating for its deep delving into childhood consciousness. Books • 03 Mar
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
