When Dr Kate McGarry was diagnosed with cancer in 2016, she set out to write a memoir documenting her experience as both doctor and patient. After she died, her husband, Dr Finbar Lennon, continued her story

This striking collection of 20 short stories both wallows in the City of Tribes’s bustling festivals and artistry, and meditates on the turbulent landscape surrounding it

The acclaimed Canadian writer has followed up Station Eleven with another dystopian tale

Bina is a brilliantly drawn heroine in Anakana Schofield’s novel of warnings

After the sudden death of her husband, psychotherapist Sasha Bates navigates her way between the analytical head and the broken heart

Liz Nugent’s novels bring outsiders and unhappy families into sharp focus, and her latest, Our Little Cruelties, tackles the last taboo of the ‘bad mother’ head on

For art-rocker Sophie Allison, blue is the colour – but so are grey and yellow, on her beguiling new album

With the coronavirus crisis laying waste to the social calendar, what happens to the FOMO generation when there’s nothing left to miss out on?

The band are all about opposing forces – and it’s evident in their lyrics, which switch between hostility and vulnerability until the two almost merge

The rapper’s debut LP Stride was widely praised for its lustrous hooks, encompassing smooth R&B tinges, deft vocal flows and a hint of gospel. But after securing his Irish fan base, the Dublin-based artist nominated for an RTÉ Choice Music Prize is now setting his sights overseas

The comedian has spent his career walking the tightrope between visionary and attention-seeking edgelord. Embracing the darkness, he says, appeals to him more than trying to become a better person