The fiction and non-fiction titles set to dominate group chats, book clubs and bedside tables in the months ahead.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sara Bareilles, Joshua Henry, Jeanine Tesori, Jason Robert Brown and New York Times writers and editors ...

Madeline Denniston, Third Year, also successfully reached the final and performed phenomenally, in what was a tough ...

I thought that this month I would share with you a few reflections on a subject which has brought me endless pleasure throughout my lifetime – ...

I thought that this month I would share with you a few reflections on a subject which has brought me endless pleasure ...

Ian McEwan’s novel explores two key ideas: climate change and the incapability of human beings to truly know anyone, ...

TROY will be a popular baby name for 2026 as Irish soon-to-be parents turn to stars for inspiration. Following Troy Parrott’s ...

You have to give the same present to everyone for the rest of your life. What is it? A book. Maybe a Seamus Heaney. I like to gift all books — novels, poetry, photography. I do like to write a ...

Big Issue's critics' picks of the best books of the year, from literary takes on modern living to uncompromising accounts of ...

The ‘profound artistry’ of Irish music through the words of Erick Falc’her Poyroux, Mick O’Connor and Seán Potts ...

Tolkien used his scholarly familiarity with ancient storytelling modes to create a a world so vast it spills off of the page.

As an Irish man who has spent much of my life abroad, Seamus Heaney has been my companion, helping me grow up into literature, Irishness and, ultimately, myself. When I was 10 years old, an Irish boy ...