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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"
Maggie O'Farrell: "I didn’t want to write the kind of novel where you need a degree in English literature to appreciate it"
  • Culture
  • 13 Jan 23
Maggie O'Farrell: "I didn’t want to write the kind of novel where you need a degree in English literature to appreciate it"
Graham Norton: "I would watch <i>The Late Late Show</i> and fantasise about being a guest. It never crossed my mind to be the other person, the guy in the chair"
  • Opinion
  • 23 Nov 22
Graham Norton: "I would watch The Late Late Show and fantasise about being a guest. It never crossed my mind to be the other person, the guy in the chair"
Interview: Jennifer Egan on The Candy House, Reading, Data, and The Two Americas
  • Opinion
  • 01 Jul 22
Interview: Jennifer Egan on The Candy House, Reading, Data, and The Two Americas
Interview: DBC Pierre on Big Snake Little Snake, Universal Odds, Quantum Physics, and Winning The Lotto!
  • Opinion
  • 31 May 22
Interview: DBC Pierre on Big Snake Little Snake, Universal Odds, Quantum Physics, and Winning The Lotto!
Interview: Harlan Coben on The Match, Netflix, Springsteen, and The Art of the Thriller
  • Culture
  • 13 May 22
Interview: Harlan Coben on The Match, Netflix, Springsteen, and The Art of the Thriller
Interview: Sinéad Gleeson on This Woman's Work: Essays On Music
  • Culture
  • 11 May 22
Interview: Sinéad Gleeson on This Woman's Work: Essays On Music
Interview: Colm Tóibín - The Master And The Magician
  • Culture
  • 02 May 22
Interview: Colm Tóibín - The Master And The Magician
She Gives Me Religion: Jan Carson on The Raptures
  • Culture
  • 29 Apr 22
She Gives Me Religion: Jan Carson on The Raptures
Martha Wainwright: "It was always going to be personal, as my songs are. And as I have a tendency to be in any case"
  • Culture
  • 11 Apr 22
Martha Wainwright: "It was always going to be personal, as my songs are. And as I have a tendency to be in any case"
When Love Comes To The Town: Luke Cassidy On His Debut Novel Iron Annie
  • Opinion
  • 21 Jan 22
When Love Comes To The Town: Luke Cassidy On His Debut Novel Iron Annie
Rosie Day: "Girls are masters at being icebergs – you only see what’s on the surface, when there’s a whole other thing going on underneath"
  • Film And TV
  • 10 Nov 21
Rosie Day: "Girls are masters at being icebergs – you only see what’s on the surface, when there’s a whole other thing going on underneath"
Kodaline's Steve Garrigan: "It took me a long time to actually build up the courage to realise that I needed help”
  • Opinion
  • 07 Oct 21
Kodaline's Steve Garrigan: "It took me a long time to actually build up the courage to realise that I needed help”
Interview: John Connolly on Charlie Parker, The Nameless Ones, He, and Shadow Voices
  • Opinion
  • 31 Aug 21
Interview: John Connolly on Charlie Parker, The Nameless Ones, He, and Shadow Voices
Georgia Pritchett: "Maybe anxiety is a way of trying to make sense of the confusion"
  • Film And TV
  • 27 Jul 21
Georgia Pritchett: "Maybe anxiety is a way of trying to make sense of the confusion"
Eimear Ryan: "I started thinking about the death of an artist – and how complicated and multi-layered that is..."
  • Opinion
  • 26 Jul 21
Eimear Ryan: "I started thinking about the death of an artist – and how complicated and multi-layered that is..."
Louise Nealon: "Society has manipulated us into commodifying mental health"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Jun 21
Louise Nealon: "Society has manipulated us into commodifying mental health"
Lisa McInerney: "Why is something that's set in a working class community not seen as a 'universal story' – but something that's set on a university campus is?"
  • Opinion
  • 26 May 21
Lisa McInerney: "Why is something that's set in a working class community not seen as a 'universal story' – but something that's set on a university campus is?"
The Ballad Of Neil Jordan
  • Opinion
  • 24 Mar 21
The Ballad Of Neil Jordan
Interview: Conor O'Callaghan on his novel We Are Not In The World, Tír na nÓg, and Tír na Now
  • Opinion
  • 12 Mar 21
Interview: Conor O'Callaghan on his novel We Are Not In The World, Tír na nÓg, and Tír na Now
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