Business Post Magazine Book review: The End of Reality urges us to push back against technocrats who run the world ‘Scathing but humane’ book by Jonathan Taplin centres on four infantile tech-bro billionaires who hold far too much power over us all
Books Book review: Thomas Morris opens up new angles on modern manhoodWhile rumours of the Welsh writer’s genius may be exaggerated, this clutch of five short stories is original and fresh
Books Book review: Past and present intertwine in wild and magnificent Irish epicIn Thirsty Ghosts, Emer Martin revisits the O’Conaill family of her previous novel, whose members are now adults struggling to survive in 1970s Ireland
Books Book review: Zadie Smith’s mistaken identity novel casts an eye over Victorian England and its many frauds The Fraud is ostensibly about a butcher who claims to be the long-lost son of an heiress, but also examines many other half-truths of the period
Culture Sara Keating: Artists give us a serious laugh as the world burns Two novelists and a theatre company use tragicomedy to great effect when addressing the issue of climate crisis
Books Book review: Tony Holohan memoir holds few revelations and little if any contrition Erstwhile chief medical officer famous for his role during the Covid pandemic has written a worthy and humane book, but certainly not a particularly gripping one
Books Dubray buys Dublin-based Gutter BookshopsStores in Dalkey and Temple Bar will retain Gutter brand following the purchase
Books Book review: Philosophy for a Better World in the social media ageAcademic Arianne Shahvisi drops the well-worn canon to reveal how reason is beset by unexamined assumptions, leading to cancel culture, bigotry and oppression
Books Book review: Dutch author’s exploration of anxiety is fascinating and relatable In The Anxiety Project, Dutch journalist and novelist Daan Heerma van Voss, who himself suffers from crippling fear, takes a literary look at the condition
Interview Booker-longlisted novelist Elaine Feeney on childhood, the music of language and the power of placeUnlike many creative people, the Athenry author of How to Build a Boat has never felt the urge to escape from her past
Books Book review: Anne Enright’s light touch makes pure poetry of The Wren, The WrenLatest novel exploring family relationships may be even better than her Booker Prize-winning The Gathering
Books Book review: Chronicle of Germany’s post-WWI descent from democracy has a lesson for us allHistorian Frank McDonough’s thorough account of the Weimar period deftly builds a menacing sense of momentum, with Hitler hovering over all
Culture Sara Keating: A welcome opportunity for Irish children’s writers to make their voices heard Discover Irish Kids’ Books, a campaign led by children’s author Sarah Webb, aims to persuade booksellers to promote ‘home-grown’ children’s books over those of non-Irish authors
Books Book review: It’s an emotional ‘bye, bye-bye-bye, bye’ to our national treasureOur beloved Aisling has her head and heart pulled in opposite directions in the last book of Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen’s series
Books Book review: Dystopian tale of future Ireland earns its place on Booker longlistPaul Lynch’s Prophet Song can be hard work stylistically, but the hugely climactic payoff is worth it
Books Book review: Neil Jordan’s latest sprinkles elements of fairytale with a film maker’s eye for detailFamiliar themes of identity emerge as Ireland’s most successful director returns to his first career as a fiction writer
Books Book review: John Connolly spirits us back into dark fairy tale worldCaptivating follow up to The Book of Lost Things revisits themes of time, mortality and the power of storytelling via the shady path of society’s subconscious
Books Book review: Honest, poetic memoir uses sea as canvas for memory, grief and survivalIn a powerful debut, Miriam Mulcahy describes her emotional journey following the death of her parents and sister, who also loved sea swimming
Books Book review: Explosive Sinn Féin exposé pulls several skeletons out of closet In The Long Game, journalist Aoife Moore portrays the party as a secretive, autocratic, almost cult-like organisation
Books Book review: Baltimore Gangster Montana Barronette was a ‘normal teenager in an abnormal environment’The descent of Sandtown, Baltimore’s ‘number one trigger-puller’ is bluntly examined in journalist Mark Bowden’s deep dive into gang warfare
