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The Irish author’s latest novel is set in an America still rebuilding itself after the Civil War
The Irish author’s latest novel is set in an America still rebuilding itself after the Civil War
Marianne Lee’s debut novel is an exemplary act of reclamation and literary ventriloquism
Portrush may have hosted the British Open Championship last year, but Fermanagh’s Lough Erne is to the fore when it comes to golf in a spectacular setting
Anne Griffin's When All Is Said is an emotive novel about loves that are no less true for having never been expressed, and 84-year-old Maurice Hannigan is a complicated and realistic character, shaped by his past
Haverty’s debut collection of poems, The Beauty of the Moon, appeared in 1999. Now comes this superbly understated second collection, 19 years in the making
When Harvard University sent an archaeological mission to Ireland in the 1930s to determine Ireland’s racial and cultural heritage, it was socially and politically important to rich Irish Americans
David Park, the quiet man of Irish writing has deftly got on with building up a remarkable oeuvre of superbly crafted fiction, each novel constructed without pyrotechnics or any dilution of his sparse, lyrical and clear-headed prose
Cantú’s book – half memoir, half meditation – implants itself in your mind
This is the fifth volume in the Royal Irish Academy’s superbly produced and illustrated Judging series, which seeks to reassess major Irish historical figures
As well as producing some of the world’s top professionals, including Rory McIlroy, the North is home to an impressive selection of golf courses where players of any standard can practise their skills
Politics: Lovers and Strangers: An Immigrant History of Post-War Britain, By Clair Wills , Penguin, €30
Dermot Bolger, the creator of a new adaptation of Joyce's masterpiece at the Abbey, on a colourful journey from page to stage
FICTION: Room Little Darker, By June Caldwell , New Island Books, €11.95
Gerard Smyth's 11th collection is a superb addition to a singular oeuvre
A short but powerful diary detailing the nightmare of what it is like to live in the Syrian town of Raqqa under Isis