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Rick O'Shea: Reading about the world coming to a halt is way better than the reality

My social media feeds have recently reminded me of photos I took and things I posted online four years ago in the first few weeks of lockdown after the world came shuddering to a halt.

The Sympathiser author Viet Thanh Nguyen talks to Rick O'Shea

Rick O'Shea: My favourite books of 2024 so far, including Cathy Sweeney, Colin Barrett and Sinéad Gleeson

Dublin Literary Award 2024: Emma Donoghue and Sebastian Barry make shortlist

What do Romania in the 1980s, Skellig Michael in 600CE and a trans-Canadian train 100 years ago all have in common? Usually, nothing; this week, quite a lot in the book world.

Rick O'Shea: My Belfast bookshop pilgrimage and the best new books from the North

Rick O'Shea: My Belfast bookshop pilgrimage and the best recent books from the North

The first time I visited Belfast was on a freezing cold, snowy day at the tail end of 1990 when, as part of a pattern that I’ve made a career from, I decided to throw myself into something I was wildly underqualified for, fully in the belief that I might just be able do it.

Rick O'Shea: Here are six books that changed how I see the world

One Dublin One Book 2024 officially launched today Snowflake By Louise Nealon

Louth County Libraries want you to Get Lost in a Good Book

Rick O'Shea: Five books in translation to take you out of your comfort zone

You might think it unusual for me to start a new weekly column on books and reading with a film, but bear with me. Bong Joon-Ho, when he won his Best Picture Oscar for Parasite, said “once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films”. It led to dozens of articles about whether Americans (and Anglophone countries in general) were ready to fully embrace cinema not in the English language.