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Watch: Fiction Laureate Sebastian Barry's inaugural lecture

21 books that define 21st century Irish literature

Sebastian Barry named new Laureate for Irish Fiction

Bernie Sanders is attending the Dalkey Book Festival in June

Bernie Sanders coming to Dublin for Dalkey Book Festival

Bernie Sanders / 24 Apr 17

Sebastian Barry: in contention for the Walter Scott prize

Sebastian Barry shortlisted for 2017 Walter Scott prize

Books / 31 Mar 17

For the crime fiction fan in your life, the new book by Tana French would make a great Christmas present.

Books To Buy This Xmas, Part One

Culture / 07 Dec 16

Rooney Mara and Jack Reynor in Jim Sheridan's The Secret Scripture.

Watch the first trailer for Jim Sheridan's The Secret Scripture

Culture / 15 Nov 16

Sebastian Barry - vivid evocation of 1850s America in the writer's new novel, Days Without End.

Sebastian Barry - Days Without End

Books / 01 Feb 17

Donal Ryan, prize-winning author of The Spinning Heart. His new novel tells the tale of beleaguered, spurned wife, Melody Shee.

Donal Ryan's All We Shall Know: A Troubled Melody

Culture / 20 Sep 16

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