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# literature - This year 2025



# Read The Room

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# Read The Room

Irish writers present petition to government against use of pirated books to train Meta's AI

Updated Apr 17th 2025, 9:35 PM 12,452 Views 48 Comments



# Book Extract

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# Book Extract

Pop music history: 'Women music managers were few and far between'

Apr 5th 2025, 7:00 AM 3,714 Views 11 Comments



# Great Reads

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# Great Reads

Seven Irish novels on longlist of 71 nominations for €100,000 Dublin Literary Award

Jan 14th 2025, 2:49 PM 7,446 Views 6 Comments

# literature - Last year 2024



# Joyces Wake

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# Joyces Wake

Jack Lynch confused over request by James Joyce's son to bring his body back to Ireland

Dec 27th 2024, 8:00 PM 27,604 Views 70 Comments



# RIP

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# RIP

Author Barbara Taylor Bradford, the ‘grand dame of blockbusters’, dies aged 91

Nov 25th 2024, 12:24 PM 8,957 Views 17 Comments



# Irish Book Awards

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# Irish Book Awards

Excerpt: How Dearg Mór tried to invade Ireland and their battle with the Fianna

Nov 16th 2024, 7:00 AM 6,662 Views 20 Comments



# Irish Book Awards

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# Irish Book Awards

The Spanish Armada: Myths, missteps and shipwrecks on Ireland’s shores

Nov 14th 2024, 1:46 PM 8,901 Views 13 Comments



# Bloomsday

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# Bloomsday

Bloomsday: Stanislaus Joyce & Livia Svevo on this day 1949 - the story behind the photo

Jun 16th 2024, 7:30 AM 10,293 Views 17 Comments



# Child Mental Health

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# Child Mental Health

Beheadings, porn, abuse and anxiety: A teacher talks to his students about their smartphone use

Updated Jun 11th 2024, 7:00 PM 19,845 Views 0 Comments



# Opinion

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# Opinion

Vicki Notaro: Writing about women can tackle serious issues and still be seriously fun

May 9th 2024, 9:30 AM 6,647 Views 11 Comments



# Reading

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# Reading

Four Irish novels among 70 books nominated for international Dublin Literary Award

Jan 16th 2024, 3:22 PM 12,219 Views 3 Comments

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# Literature

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# Literature

Paul Lynch: From film critic to Booker Prize-winning writer

Nov 27th 2023, 7:08 AM 11,529 Views 11 Comments



# Reading

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# Reading

Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for Prophet Song

Nov 26th 2023, 11:02 PM 18,669 Views 24 Comments



# An Post Book Awards

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# An Post Book Awards

Wild Ireland: We're at a point in history where we must improve our relationship with nature

Nov 18th 2023, 7:00 AM 7,230 Views 23 Comments



# Sunday Miscellany

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# Sunday Miscellany

Extract: 'She is funny and puts herself down, but in a funny way, so it’s okay'

Oct 24th 2023, 8:00 PM 16,988 Views 9 Comments



# Irish History

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# Irish History

Extract: Our mother was left vulnerable after we lost our father during the kidnapping standoff

Oct 23rd 2023, 7:00 PM 17,460 Views 46 Comments



# Paul And Paul

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# Paul And Paul

Two Irish authors named on 2023 Booker Prize shortlist

Sep 21st 2023, 9:22 PM 17,546 Views 1 Comment



# Cork Childhood

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# Cork Childhood

Excerpt: 'My mother had the babies before marriage - I understand this was the ultimate taboo'

Jun 24th 2023, 7:00 AM 23,809 Views 7 Comments



# Literature

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# Literature

Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov wins 2023 International Booker Prize

May 23rd 2023, 10:57 PM 7,961 Views 4 Comments



# RIP

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# RIP

British author Martin Amis dies at age 73

May 20th 2023, 8:31 PM 30,504 Views 6 Comments



# Column

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# Column

Analysis: Behan wrote his columns like a garrulous, gregarious personality commanding attention

May 1st 2023, 7:30 AM 13,100 Views 4 Comments



# Literary Love

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# Literary Love

John Connell: Rural Ireland has been ripe for a 'booktown' - here's why I set one up

Apr 17th 2023, 7:00 PM 10,207 Views 3 Comments



# Dublin Literary Award

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# Dublin Literary Award

Six novels shortlisted for possible €100,000 prize in this year's Dublin Literary Awards

Mar 28th 2023, 9:09 AM 13,951 Views 12 Comments



# Quiz

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# Quiz

QUIZ: Who said it — Oscar Wilde or Brendan Behan?

Feb 11th 2023, 10:00 PM 31,925 Views 7 Comments



# Opinion

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# Opinion

Opinion: The Bell - the almost-forgotten Irish literary journal that 'took on the sacred cows'

Feb 7th 2023, 8:00 PM 6,914 Views 1 Comment



# Irish Writers

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# Irish Writers

Daily Poll: Do you find time to read books?

Feb 6th 2023, 12:05 PM 22,151 Views 22 Comments



# Three Castles Burning

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# Three Castles Burning

Donal Fallon: The Castle, the intrigue and the Italians - welcome to old Dublin's Ship Street

Oct 23rd 2022, 7:30 AM 18,790 Views 2 Comments



# Literature

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# Literature

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize

Oct 17th 2022, 10:06 PM 8,839 Views 0 Comments



# Literature

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# Literature

Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize In Literature 2022

Oct 6th 2022, 12:23 PM 8,011 Views 1 Comment



# EXTRACT

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# EXTRACT

The Irish Read: 'Summers were for plants and foolishness, autumns for oblivion'

Sep 18th 2022, 7:00 PM 9,013 Views 1 Comment



# Queen Of Dirt Island

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# Queen Of Dirt Island

'It felt like it was whispered to me every day': Donal Ryan on the unexpected genesis of his latest novel

Aug 21st 2022, 8:00 AM 22,207 Views 5 Comments



# Author

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# Author

Salman Rushdie's family say he has 'life-changing injuries' but his sense of humour is 'intact'

Updated Aug 14th 2022, 3:40 PM 28,810 Views 0 Comments



# Literature

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# Literature

Four Irish novels longlisted by libraries for prestigious Dublin Literary Award

Jan 31st 2022, 3:31 PM 15,361 Views 3 Comments



# Young Writers

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# Young Writers

The Irish Read: Four young writers share their poetry

Jul 11th 2021, 10:00 AM 9,145 Views 2 Comments



# Surviving In A Pandemic

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# Surviving In A Pandemic

Opinion: Yeats' poetry helped shape Ireland and appears on the Leaving Cert - now the Yeats Society is under threat

Jun 17th 2021, 7:00 AM 12,559 Views 14 Comments



# Country Girl

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# Country Girl

New portrait of Edna O'Brien to be installed at Irish Embassy in London

Jun 11th 2021, 5:56 PM 8,962 Views 5 Comments



# Poetry

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# Poetry

American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Oct 8th 2020, 12:53 PM 10,906 Views 3 Comments



# Literature

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# Literature

A teacher and her Sixth Year students debate To Kill A Mockingbird's place on the syllabus

Sep 22nd 2020, 7:00 PM 36,647 Views 55 Comments



# Strange Flowers

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# Strange Flowers

Donal Ryan: 'When I became aware of the darkness in the world, I was so shocked'

Aug 20th 2020, 6:30 AM 34,797 Views 10 Comments



# Strange Hotel

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# Strange Hotel

Eimear McBride: 'The amount of 'she's not a genius, she's a very naughty girl' I've got is just ridiculous'

Mar 8th 2020, 11:00 AM 40,458 Views 1 Comment

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