Irish Fiction

 An unforgettable novel about the possibility of love. So says the blurb on the back of Sally Rooney’s debut novel, Conversations with Friends. Unforgettable, it is. This is a story of convergence and collision between two pairs of…

Not everybody left during the evacuation. Some people didn’t want to go with the crowd. Didn’t want to do what they were told. “Alternative facts…” “This is my home…” “Wha’ do them politicians know anyway…” Distrust. Anger. Suspicion. Fear.…

News Kentucky City Petitions to Become City of Literature The city of Lexington in Kentucky is petitioning to become one of The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Cities of Literature. The city wants to join Edinburgh,…

When Alice stays in her mother's condo after her funeral, she is struck by a sense of anticlimax. She cannot fathom how the physical evidence of her mother's life falls short in representing its reality. All she can do is look at the…

News Shortlist for the International Dublin Literary Award Announced The short list for the International Dublin Literary Award was announced this week. The award is in its 23rd year, and is awarded to novels written in, or translated…

It’s the air that hits, immediately when you step through the door. The throat gags, just like the last time, and the first time. It refuses the tepid disinfected atmosphere on which floats a spoor of incontinence. They must steam all…

Fortnightly Fiction is making a grand return. In Fortnightly Fiction we publish a piece of work every two weeks submitted by a writer; whether you've been published before or are new to fiction writing, it doesn't matter as long as it is…

Whether it be a young child going out to lunch with her aunt with the strange accent, or a farmer greeted in the yard by men in balaclavas looking for money, McAlinden’s stories find the tension and conflict in any situation. Though there…

Marcus Conway is a creature of habit. It is daily rituals that form the "solar bones" upon which his and the lives of those around him are built, and which give Mike McCormack's new novel (published by Tramp Press) its title. When we are…