In a Q interview, the award-winning Irish writer tells Tom Power about his new short story collection, The News from Dublin.

Literary fiction is the only way we have, really, of seeing somebody thinking something and saying something else, and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Author Colm Toibin poses for photographers during the photo call for Brooklyn, in London, Oct. 12, 2015. “The Magician” by ...

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The Testament of Mary is not a riff on the New Testament gospels, nor an updating of them: it is a gospel, to be fit snugly up against the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. If such a claim sounds ...

Voices, cadence, pacing: These 8 sublime audiobooks do everything right. By Lauren Christensen Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Now a suburban married mother, Eilis ...

On this St. Patrick's Day, I want to revisit some of my favorite Irish fiction. Colm Toibin's latest novel opens with a heartbreaker of a dilemma. His main character, Eilis Lacey, opens her front door ...

Up against John Banville and Colum McCann in an unending round-robin (The Favored Irish Writer Cup), Colm Toibin is an international literary figure. We know the deal with the international literary ...

In the chilly gloom of Lübeck’s 14th-century church of St Catherine, Colm Tóibín smiles with relief at the wave of warm applause. Before him, a 250-strong audience is spaced out in the wooden pews; ...

The award-winning writer takes over the role intended to encourage engagement with high quality fiction Colm Tóibín has been named as the new laureate for Irish fiction, taking over from Sebastian ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Colm Tóibín's “Long Island,” the Irish novelist's follow-up to the prize-winning immigrant tale “Brooklyn,” is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. “Long Island,” published Tuesday, ...