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The Irish Literary Times The Irish Literary Times provides up-to-date coverage of Irish literary news and events in a magazin

The Irish Literary Times provides up-to-date coverage of Irish literary news and events in a magazine format via articles available online. The site is curated by Gerard Beirne an Irish poet and novelist. His most recent collection of poetry is Games of Chance:A Gambler`s Manual (Oberon Press). His novel The Eskimo in the Net (Marion Boyars Publishers) was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Fic

tion Award and was selected by the Literary Editor of the Daily Express as his Book of the Year “scandalously ignored by the Man Booker judges...”.

09/06/2025

The Art of the Short Story with Gerard Beirne Thurs 10 July | 2pm

North, by Seamus Heaney, published 50 years ago, June 1975.
09/06/2025

North, by Seamus Heaney, published 50 years ago, June 1975.

Colm Tóibín reflects on his tenure as Laureate for Irish Fiction
09/06/2025

Colm Tóibín reflects on his tenure as Laureate for Irish Fiction

In this video, Colm Tóibín looks back on his three-year tenure as Laureate for Irish Fiction (2022–2024). The Laureate for Irish Fiction is an initiative of ...

Ray Burke on how the books of almost every Irish writer of note were banned in the last century
09/06/2025

Ray Burke on how the books of almost every Irish writer of note were banned in the last century

Brendan Behan used to quip that in Ireland he was “the leader of the banned”

Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86
09/06/2025

Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86

Combining meticulous research with firecracker plots, author sold more than 75 million copies of his books around the world

50th Anniversary
08/06/2025

50th Anniversary

Good books: The 20 best holiday reads this summer
07/06/2025

Good books: The 20 best holiday reads this summer

Chillers, thrillers, romance, comedy, a GAA travelogue and Chekov in the west of Ireland

Boundless' position 'morally and financially unacceptable', says Unbound co-founder John Mitchinson
07/06/2025

Boundless' position 'morally and financially unacceptable', says Unbound co-founder John Mitchinson

Unbound co-founder John Mitchinson said he left Boundless because he "could not countenance taking another penny from a business that no longer prioritised paying its authors".

Remembering Elizabeth Bowen
07/06/2025

Remembering Elizabeth Bowen

07/06/2025

Colum McCann: "The big lie is writers actually know what they're going to do and they set out to do. They realise that afterwards, after they've struggled and like sat there and shaped and reshaped and tried to put some story together."

Talking Heads Release the First Official Video for “Psycho Killer” (starring Saoirse Ronan).
07/06/2025

Talking Heads Release the First Official Video for “Psycho Killer” (starring Saoirse Ronan).

Talking Heads present a new music video for Psycho Killer starring Saoirse Ronan and directed by Mike Mills._Just Announced_ More Songs About Buildings and F...

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