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John Connolly – Mad Hatter Q&A: "I had vague ambitions to be a vet, hampered slightly by Synge Street CBS refusing to teach us biology"
  • Culture
  • 19 Nov 24
John Connolly – Mad Hatter Q&A: "I had vague ambitions to be a vet, hampered slightly by Synge Street CBS refusing to teach us biology"
Robert Harris: "Trump is a sort of showman, it’s all about him. There isn’t coherent thinking behind what he does, it’s whatever crosses his strange brain at any given moment”
  • Culture
  • 23 Oct 24
Robert Harris: "Trump is a sort of showman, it’s all about him. There isn’t coherent thinking behind what he does, it’s whatever crosses his strange brain at any given moment”
John Banville: "It’s a like a child playing with insects – you have absolute power over the characters"
  • Opinion
  • 22 Oct 24
John Banville: "It’s a like a child playing with insects – you have absolute power over the characters"
Colin Barrett: "I am just very interested in writing about marginal characters"
  • Culture
  • 16 Oct 24
Colin Barrett: "I am just very interested in writing about marginal characters"
Roddy Doyle: "It’s getting away from the notion of the mother as a saint. The blessed virgin – Jesus, what a model..."
  • Culture
  • 26 Sep 24
Roddy Doyle: "It’s getting away from the notion of the mother as a saint. The blessed virgin – Jesus, what a model..."
Sarah Crossan on porn: "if you disapprove, does that mean you’re a prude, a non-feminist, or anti women doing what they want with their bodies?"
  • Culture
  • 02 Jul 24
Sarah Crossan on porn: "if you disapprove, does that mean you’re a prude, a non-feminist, or anti women doing what they want with their bodies?"
Kevin Barry: "The most intense mushroom experience of my life was on Barrack Street in Cork in 1989. I was fully convinced I was a traffic light..."
  • Opinion
  • 13 Jun 24
Kevin Barry: "The most intense mushroom experience of my life was on Barrack Street in Cork in 1989. I was fully convinced I was a traffic light..."
David Nicholls on his latest book <i>You Are Here</i>: "I wanted it to be about how invigorating and inspiring friendship and company can be"
  • Culture
  • 06 Jun 24
David Nicholls on his latest book You Are Here: "I wanted it to be about how invigorating and inspiring friendship and company can be"
Caoilinn Hughes - "How we think about the future is so different to how our parents thought about the future"
  • Culture
  • 28 May 24
Caoilinn Hughes - "How we think about the future is so different to how our parents thought about the future"
Andrew O'Hagan: "I like novelists when they live in the centre of ambivalence"
  • Culture
  • 23 Apr 24
Andrew O'Hagan: "I like novelists when they live in the centre of ambivalence"
John Boyne – Mad Hatter Q&A: Biggest thrill? "A private lunch last year with Kate Bush"
  • Opinion
  • 18 Apr 24
John Boyne – Mad Hatter Q&A: Biggest thrill? "A private lunch last year with Kate Bush"
Richard Balls on his Shane MacGowan biography: "I really did feel that weight of responsibility"
  • Culture
  • 04 Apr 24
Richard Balls on his Shane MacGowan biography: "I really did feel that weight of responsibility"
Dennis Cooper: "In <i>Closer,</i> I was really influenced by The Jesus And Mary Chain’s <i>Psychocandy..."</i>
  • Opinion
  • 03 Apr 24
Dennis Cooper: "In Closer, I was really influenced by The Jesus And Mary Chain’s Psychocandy..."
Colum McCann on Diane Foley: "She's a genius of compassion"
  • Culture
  • 02 Apr 24
Colum McCann on Diane Foley: "She's a genius of compassion"
Juno Carey on <i>A Necessary Kindness</i> and abortion care: "We need to keep fighting and demanding openness and access"
  • Opinion
  • 02 Apr 24
Juno Carey on A Necessary Kindness and abortion care: "We need to keep fighting and demanding openness and access"
Liam Brady: "Where I fell out with Jack was the way he kind of discarded me"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 11 Jan 24
Liam Brady: "Where I fell out with Jack was the way he kind of discarded me"
PJ Gallagher: "Shame nearly killed me when I got depression"
  • Culture
  • 12 Dec 23
PJ Gallagher: "Shame nearly killed me when I got depression"
Terry Hayes: "If you write long and often enough, you're gonna hit gold"
  • Culture
  • 11 Dec 23
Terry Hayes: "If you write long and often enough, you're gonna hit gold"
Diarmuid Hester : "We're operating more and more now in a culture of censoriousness and self-censorship"
  • Culture
  • 25 Oct 23
Diarmuid Hester : "We're operating more and more now in a culture of censoriousness and self-censorship"
Ian Broudie: "I was a bit of a misfit until punk happened"
  • Culture
  • 24 Oct 23
Ian Broudie: "I was a bit of a misfit until punk happened"
Megan Nolan: "The nightmare is that you actually have to have the baby if you have an unwanted pregnancy. That was really intense, writing about that"
  • Opinion
  • 14 Aug 23
Megan Nolan: "The nightmare is that you actually have to have the baby if you have an unwanted pregnancy. That was really intense, writing about that"
Kevin Curran on his new novel <i>Youth:</i> "In the last census, Balbriggan had the youngest and most diverse population in the country. My line is, 'Balbriggan is Ireland’s future now'"
  • Opinion
  • 26 Jul 23
Kevin Curran on his new novel Youth: "In the last census, Balbriggan had the youngest and most diverse population in the country. My line is, 'Balbriggan is Ireland’s future now'"
I Don't Want To Write Something That's Dull: Harlan Coben on I Will Find You, Cancel Culture, and Censorship
  • Culture
  • 12 Apr 23
I Don't Want To Write Something That's Dull: Harlan Coben on I Will Find You, Cancel Culture, and Censorship
Interview: Joseph O'Connor on My Father's House - "It's a great story because Hugh O’Flaherty was a person of extraordinary physical courage"
  • Opinion
  • 14 Feb 23
Interview: Joseph O'Connor on My Father's House - "It's a great story because Hugh O’Flaherty was a person of extraordinary physical courage"
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