Black Dragonfly by Jean Pasley - read an extract

Conor Creighton's This Is It - read an exclusive extract

The key to happiness is recognising that, yes, this is it. You're all you have to work with and this moment is the only one ...

The Promise by Emma Heatherington - read an exclusive extract

One terrible moment changes everything for Irish teenagers Kate and David...

Line by Niall Bourke - read an exclusive extract

Willard, his mother, and his girlfriend Nyla have spent their entire lives in an endless procession, where daily survival is dictated by the ultimate imperative: ...

The Best Catholics in the World by Derek Scally - read an extract

When Dubliner Derek Scally goes to Christmas Eve Mass on a visit home from Berlin, he finds more memories than congregants in the church where ...

Midfield Dynamo by Adrian Duncan - read an exclusive extract

Patterning and happenstance make up the rich quotidian lives of the characters portrayed in these strange, energetic tales...

The Last Resort by Jan Carson - read an exclusive extract

In her new short-story collection Jan Carson explores complex family dynamics, ageing, immigration, gender politics, the decline of the Church and the legacy of the ...

A Good Father: Catherine Talbot on her killer debut novel

Catherine Talbot writes for Culture about her acclaimed debut novel, A Good Father...

The Disconnect by Roisin Kiberd - read an exclusive extract

We all live online now: the line between the internet and IRL has become porous to the point of being meaningless. Roisin Kiberd knows this ...

The Sunken Road by Ciaran McMenamin - read an exclusive extract

Francie, Archie and Annie grew up playing together in the hills and rivers of Fermanagh. But in 1914, the boys are seduced by the drama ...

Acts Of Desperation by Megan Nolan - read an exclusive extract

A bitingly honest, darkly funny tale of toxic relationships and female desire, Megan Nolan's debut has already drawn acclaim from critics and writers like Marian ...

Pure Gold by John Patrick McHugh - read an exclusive extract

Set on an imagined island off the west coast of Ireland, John Patrick McHugh's debut collection of stories conjures a complete and varied cast of ...

Neil Jordan's acclaimed new novel - read an exclusive extract

Blending the drama of real events with Jordan's inimitable storytelling ability, The Ballad of Lord Edward & Citizen Small spotlights a long-forgotten chapter in Ireland's ...

The Art of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin - read an extract

We're delighted to present an extract from The Art of Falling, the debut novel by Danielle McLaughlin, author of the acclaimed short story collection Dinosaurs ...

A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion - read an exclusive extract

'My mother made a snap decision. How could we know it would change us forever?'

Words To Shape My Name by Laura McKenna - read an extract

Words To Shape My Name tells the epic journey of a former South Carolina slave into the heart of Revolutionary Ireland...

Thin Places by Kerri ní Dochartaigh - read an exclusive extract

An innovative mixture of memoir, history and nature writing...

Ten Days by Austin Duffy - read an exclusive extract

When Wolf's recently-estranged wife Miriam dies from cancer, his entire world is turned upside down...

The Godmothers by Monica Mc Inerney - read an extract

We're delighted to present an extract from The Godmothers, the latest novel by bestselling Australian author Monica Mc Inerney, a family drama set in Australia, ...

Alice Taylor's Books from the Attic - read an exclusive extract

We are delighted to present an extract from Books from the Attic: Treasures from an Irish Childhood by Alice Taylor, published by The O'Brien Press.

Snow by John Banville - read an extract

RTÉ Culture are delighted to present an extract from John Banville's Snow.

The Running Book by John Connell - read an extract

RTÉ Culture are delighted to present an extract from John Connell's The Running Book: A Journey Through Memory, Landscape and History.