St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, so it feels right to go ahead and dedicate a column to my favorite Irish writers. There are many, too many, as the Irish punch well above their population ...

The An Post Irish Book Awards have produced a list of the 60 best reads for fiction, non-fiction and children’s titles ...

James Smith is currently employed as an Associate Professor of English at Boston College, where he specializes in modern and contemporary Irish literature and culture, and cultural studies. His book,* ...

Steve Pyke is preparing to visit Belfast for an event at No Alibis Bookstore this weekend, where he will discuss his latest project, Scribendi: Irish Writers 1982-2025, a visual record of more than ...

The An Post Irish Book Awards unveiled its ‘New Voices 20 Best New Irish Writers’ initiative on Monday, August 26. The new initiative - of which there is no overall winner - will see the group of ...

VILLANOVA — The island of Ireland is known for its outsized literary tradition: Its novelists, poets, and playwrights have produced many of the world’s most significant works, across centuries, genres ...

JANESVILLE - Irish literature is the topic of a free lecture by John Pruitt, UW-Rock County assistant professor of English, on Thursday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. The lecture, in observance of Irish ...

For the last one hundred years and more, Irish writers have grappled with the question of who we are and who we can be as a people. There's good reason for that of course - we almost lost it all.

One of the great contemporary Irish writers, Maeve Binchy sold 40 million books worldwide. She was 72 years old. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.Aug. 1, 2012 © 2026 ...