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The Irish Times
irishtimes.com > culture > books > 09/13/2026 > how-john-mcgahern-wrote-everything-begins-in-a-copy-book-every-draft-would-be-by-hand

How John McGahern wrote: ‘Everything begins in a copy book. Every draft would be by hand’

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1463+ words) I am standing in an anonymous room in the James Hardiman Library at the University of Galway, where Barry Houlihan, the institution’s archivist, has brought some boxes from storage downstairs. Back in 2003 McGahern engaged in an act of what was,…...

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irishtimes.com > culture > books > 09/06/2026 > elizabeth-wassell-montague-my-new-novel-was-partly-inspired-by-the-mystery-of-eating-disorders

Elizabeth Wassell Montague: ‘My new novel was partly inspired by the mystery of eating disorders’ – The Irish Times

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (553+ words) The Villa Celeste is a lovely house in the made-up town of Ste-Agathe on the French Riviera. Between the two World Wars, it houses a clinic for people troubled in mind or who have TB. Florence, one of my main…...

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irishtimes.com > culture > books > 08/26/2026 > the-shoulder-winner-of-the-moth-short-story-prize-2026

The Shoulder: winner of The Moth Short Story Prize 2026

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (989+ words) The first dead thing I ever saw that someone claimed was sleeping was a horse. Not a whole horse. The back half was under a blue tarp behind the volunteer fire department in Nebo, and the front half was visible…...

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irishtimes.com > culture > books > 08/15/2026 > irish-thriller-writer-tana-french-dominates-new-york-times-best-of-century-lists

Irish thriller writer Tana French dominates New York Times best-of-century lists

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (334+ words) The New York Times and its readers have ranked Dublin writer Tana French as the most prolific writer of great thrillers this century. In a pair of lists published over the last week, the US-born author who has lived in…...