Andrew Miller: ‘Writing is how you transform yourself, the world. It’s your politics’
The books interview: his debut won a major prize, but his career path hasn’t always been smooth. He talks writer’s block, meditation and 18th-century underwear
June 2015
My hero
My hero: Jim Crace by Daniel Hahn
Jim Crace is a genius. I have read Harvest, which has just won the Impac prize, three times – and I still don’t know how he does it
Impac prize goes to 'consummate wordsmith' Jim Crace for Harvest
€100,000 award taken by Booker-shortlisted novel about the last days of an English village
Beyond the Booker: in defence of the literary prize
Philip Hensher has taken aim at the current glut of book awards. But the gongs are here to stay
April 2015
Impac Dublin prize shortlist spans continents
Jim Crace joins international finalists including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Man Booker winner Richard Flanagan
November 2014
Books blog
Small world: Impac prize’s version of global literature is distinctly parochial
JK Rowling's alter ego makes longlist for €100,000 Impac award
June 2014
Books blog
Impac prize judge Maya Jaggi: how we chose this year's winner
Impac Dublin award goes to Juan Gabriel Vásquez
April 2014
Impac prize shortlist pits newcomers against international stars of fiction
Alison Flood: Karl Ove Knausgaard and Juan Gabriel Vásquez vie with debutants Donal Ryan and Patrick Flanery for €100,000 award
November 2013
Books blog
Impac longlist goes further than other prizes
Dublin award lineup has room for novels from 17 languages, opening window on best world literature, says Tash Aw, one of the judges
June 2013
Kevin Barry wins Impac award
Irish writer beats Houellebecq and Murakami to prize, with novel about homicidal teenage hipsters in a future stripped of technology
April 2013
Murakami and Houellebecq lead 2013 Impac award shortlist
Ten novelists in all are left in contention for the prestigious €100,000 prize
January 2013
2013 arts preview
2013: the year ahead in books
From a full programme of film and stage adaptations to a new James Bond novel, unpublished works by RS Thomas and WG Sebald and a new prize for women writers, 2013 is set to be a real page-turner
June 2012
Sue Arnold's audiobook choice
Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - review
Jon McGregor wins International Impac Dublin Literary Award
April 2012
Impac literary prize shortlist revealed
Debut novels on the Vietnam war and intense family resentment are on the shortlist for €100,000 award
March 2012
The Detour by Gerbrand Bakker - review
John Burnside is haunted by a tale of solitude from the Impac winner
November 2011
Room leads longlist for Impac Dublin award
Emma Donoghue's novel receives most nominations in 147-strong field for €100,000 prize
June 2011
My hero
My heroes
My heroes: Colum McCann on John Berger, Gordon Banks and Sean McCann
