Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707 (Photo: Colm is looking straight in to the camera with a ...

Montauk, on Long Island, where Colm Toibin's new novel is set - Tetra How does a writer revive their best-loved characters? How do they pay service to a story for which hundreds of thousands of ...

One of the lingering mysteries about the German writer Thomas Mann is how there could have been any lingering mystery about his repressed –make that sublimated– sexual desire for beautiful young men.

LONDON (Reuters) - Six tales from gold-rush New Zealand to Zimbabwe to the English countryside and elsewhere on the planet were shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker prize, organisers said on Tuesday.

The Irish author Colm Tóibín will come to North Carolina for the very first time this month on a tour for his latest novel, Long Island, a sequel to 2009’s beloved blockbuster Brooklyn. The first of ...

Voices, cadence, pacing: These 8 sublime audiobooks do everything right. By Lauren Christensen Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Now a suburban married mother, Eilis ...

Author Colm Tóibín comes to Kepler’s Books on May 7 to discuss his new book, “Long Island,” a followup to his well-received 2009 novel, “Brooklyn.” Courtesy Reynaldo Rivera. Author Colm Tóibín’s 2009 ...

Novelist Colm Tóibín, author of 2009’s “Brooklyn,” will be the capstone speaker at Missouri Southern State University for this fall’s themed semester, which focuses on Ireland. The author will discuss ...

Bookends & Beginnings is pleased to present an evening with bestselling author Colm Tóibín at First United Methodist Church, Tuesday, April 15 at 7:00 PM. The author will discuss his latest novel, ...

Colm Toibin was born in Enniscorthy, in the southeast of Ireland in 1955. His first novel *The South* was finished in 1986 but not published until 1990, being turned down in the meantime by most ...