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Karen Perry: a very satisfying read, with a punchy ending and a twist that delivers more than a simple bait and switch.

Reviewed: Come a Little Closer by Karen Perry

Kevin Barry: banter and menace in the port of Algeciras

Reviewed: Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry

Book Review / 19 Jul

Adam Nicolson: engaging as he evokes South Somerset and Devon, and autobiographical when he wants to be.

Reviewed: The Making of Poetry by Adam Nicolson

Michael Collins was the Irish Volunteers' director of intelligence in early 1919, the year the War of Independence began

Review: Ireland's War of Independence by Lorcan Collins

Kurt Tucholsky: fearless in the face of the Nazi murder machine

Writing under the Nazi jackboot: Tucholsky and Kästner

Joseph O'Connor's novel begins in Dublin in 1878 and takes in the Oscar Wilde trial en passant

Reviewed: Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor

Jhumpa Lahiri. The American writer has written acclaimed works of fiction in both Italian and English, which makes her the ideal candidate to edit the present volume.

The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories

Writer Polly Devlin (photo Jonathan Goldberg)

Book Review: Writing Home Polly Devlin

Culture / 10 Jun

Isabella Hammad's The Parisian has been praised by Jonathan Safran Foer and Zadie Smith, who describes the debut novel as "surpassingly intelligent"
(Photo: Urszula Soltys)

Summer Reads: 17 for your beach list

Eileen Gray - Famous Wexfordian

Book Review: Famous Wexfordians by Liam Gaul

Adrian Duncan: this debut novel is based on his experience of working on a German building site

Love Notes from a German Building Site by Adrian Duncan

Culture / 28 May

The Skelligs are the subject of a new handy portable book with great colour images

Blasket Islands: A Kingdom of Stories Joan, Ray Stagles

Book Reviews / 27 May

Are you the f**king doctor?

Reviewed:Are you the f**king doctor? by Dr Liam Farrell

Culture / 20 May

In the steps of the philosopher- John Kaag (picture Jill Goldman)

Reviewed: Hiking with Nietzsche by John Kaag

Nicole Flattery: A chicken walks into a bar, well, sort of - surreal story in Being Various

Reviewed: Being Various: New Irish Short Stories

Carys Davies: vivid story from the 19th century American outback, West-wise

Reviewed: West by Carys Davies

Natalia Ginzburg: immense narrative gifts

Reviewed: Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg

Patrick Deeley: impressive lift-off from Shannon Callows

Reviewed: The End of the World by Patrick Deeley

Poetry Day Ireland / 02 May

John Boyne's new novel for young adults couldn't be more timely

Reviewed: My Brother's Name is Jessica by John Boyne

David Means: complicated lives along the Hudson river, the lake view from Duluth and another river view in Carrick-on-Shannon.

Reviewed: Instructions for a Funeral by David Means

Holy cow - John Connell's Cow Book is now out in paperback

Reviewed: The Cow Book by John Connell

Kristen Roupenian: operating in a weirdly wonderful sphere of abstract reality

Reviewed: You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian

Niamh Boyce: tale of witchcraft in Kilkenny

Reviewed: Her Kind by Niamh Boyce

Irish-American author Mary Cregan: a journey of hope and healing

Reviewed: The Scar by Mary Cregan

Natalia Ginzburg, pictured in Mantua, Italy in 1988

Reviewed: Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg

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