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The Art of Reading: Emma Donoghue talks to Colm Tóibín

The Art of Reading is a monthly book club hosted by Colm Tóibín, the Laureate for Irish Fiction.

Books • 09 Apr 24

RTÉ's Sinead Crowley has published several acclaimed novels, most recently The Belladonna Maze

Sinéad Crowley's books of the year 2022

Books • 03 Dec 22

Aingeala Flannery, author of The Amusements (Pic: Brid O'Donovan)

The best Irish books of 2022 so far

Books • 22 Nov 22

Book Of The Week: Haven by Emma Donoghue

Books • 03 Sep 22

Something For The Weekend: Emma Donoghue's Cultural Picks

Something For The Weekend • 25 Aug 22

Queer Love - RTÉ Arena on the new Irish anthology

RTÉ Arena • 16 Mar 21

Emma Donoghue (photo Mark Raynes Roberts)

Book review: The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue

The new novel from acclaimed Room author Emma Donoghue follows nurse Julia Power as she works in a maternity ward in Dublin, in 1918, at the height of the Spanish flu epidemic.

Books • 18 Aug 20

Emma Donoghue, best-selling author of Room, is back with Akin

Book review: Akin by Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue's new novel Akin felt more like a tour around Nice as opposed to an engaging story writes Orlagh Doherty.

Book Review • 05 Nov 19

Mary Costello: Making waves with her second novel, The River Capture

10 must-read books this Autumn

The evenings are well drawn in, the blinds are down, the TV is off - surely, no? as are the smartphones and all the devices. You may have books to read, he said advisedly. Paddy Kehoe has some suggestions

Books • 10 Oct 19

Emma Donoghue's early novel Stir Fry is a key work in Irish LGBTQ fiction

Pride on the page - 6 essential Irish LGBTQ novels

Anna Carey recommends six essentially LGBTQ-themed works from Irish authors...

Culture • 27 Aug 19

Atwood, Donoghue & Enright for UCD Irish-Canadian literary fest

Handmaids Tale author Margaret Atwood is among the authors set to feature in Imagining: Home - a two-day literary festival celebrating the connections between Canada and Ireland, taking place at UCD Dublin from March 1-2.

Culture • 21 Feb 18

Emma Donoghue: nominated for the International Dublin Literary award longlist for her novel The Wonder

Seven Irish authors on International Dublin Award longlist

Seven Irish authors have made the long-list for the International Dublin Literary Award, a list which features 150 titles.

Culture • 06 Nov 17

Emma Donoghue's short story collection Astray is this week's RTÉ Book On One selection.

RTÉ Book on One preview: Astray by Emma Donoghue

Short stories from Emma Donoghue's Astray, the 2012 short story collection by the author of Room, are read by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú on the Book on One this week (25-29 September) on RTÉ Radio 1. Listen to a preview here.

Books • 25 Sep 17

Emma Donoghue talks to The Works Presents

Watch now: John Kelly meets the Oscar-nominated author behind Room and The Wonder.

Culture • 01 Jan 17

Shortlist revealed for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards

The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2016 shortlist announced today features a diverse mix of writing from new and established Irish writers across fourteen diverse categories.

Books • 25 Oct 16

The Wonder: Emma Donoghue's compelling tale of a so-called Fasting Girl in 19th century Ireland.

Eileen Dunne reviews Emma Donoghue's The Wonder

Eileen Dunne approached The Wonder with some trepidation, having disliked Emma Donoghue's earlier novel, Room. In the event, she was absorbed by `a wondrous tale' about a Fasting Girl in the Ireland of 1859.

Book Review • 28 Sep 16

Barbara Brennan as Nurse O'Farrell by Emma Donoghue in Signatories.

Competition: Win tickets to 1916 theatrical event Signatories

We're giving away tickets to one of the Irish theatrical events of the year.

Culture • 30 Sep 16

Emma Donoghue