Irish poet Sean Hewitt’s debut novel Open Heaven explores queer love and sexual awakening in a remote English village. Available April 15.

Hmong music festivals; German, Irish, Scottish and pan-African cultural fairs; a massive Cinco de Mayo parade; an Indigenous ...

Seán Ó Murchadha, who has died aged 96, was one of the last native speakers of east Galway Irish. Also known as John Murphy, ...

Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s French award; Hubert Butler Essay Prize; Ewart-Biggs Prize; Strokestown poetry shortlist; Global Book ...

An endless Passover seder takes center stage in "One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe," by writer Dara Horn and ...

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She took the title of her 2009 Civil War novel, “All Other Nights,” from the Passover Haggadah, which she calls a book about ...

NPR speaks with writer Kiese Laymon about his new children's book "City Summer, Country Summer," in which three Black boys form a deep connection during one transformative summer in the South.

The line-up for this year’s International Literature Festival Dublin has been announced, featuring a mix of global and Irish ...

Pulse of the Nation' impressively covers 140 years of the GAA in rankings of players, managers, games, and controversies.

Actress tackles iconic role Edge of the Wood Theater opens its season with Theresa Rebeck’s “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” a comedy ...

Sara Keating on children’s fiction; and Ruby Eastwood on I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There by Róisín Lanigan. This Saturday’s Irish Times Eason offer is Munichs by David Peace ...