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In her first public event as an author, Amy Huberman, author of the bestselling Hello Heartbreak. Photo: Getty Images

Literary elite bring their words to life

Sunday September 20 2009

'Glamour and gravitas is the order of the day," said festival director Madeleine Keane as she welcomed the crowds on a glorious afternoon to the opening of Books 2009.

As the nights draw in, the talking opens up

Sunday August 23 2009

AS autumn hoves into view we look forward to crisp evenings, warm fires and good books. We need something to entertain and stimulate after the summer's silliness and this year, given the times that we are in, some distraction from our woes.

Literary stars defy hard times at book awards

Sunday May 10 2009

It was an emotionally charged evening -- kickstarted by the charming bluntness of a rugby hero, writes Madeleine Keane

Article damaged trust in ethics

Sunday December 21 2008

Sir -- My incredulity barometer is normally quite steady. However, Eilis O'Hanlon's article 'Patients are already being nudged along path to death', (Sunday Independent, December 14, 2008), sent it flying off the Richter scale. How does a journalist (admittedly normally one I'd consider to be quite good) with no medical experience of care of the dying, turn an intelligent article on the euthanasia debate, into a tabloid claim that the medical profession are knocking off cancer sufferers and the elderly in order to free up the beds?

Human spirit triumphant in our writers' and critics' favourite reads

Sunday December 14 2008

Three Irish novels really impressed me this year. Carlo Gebler's A Good Day For A Dog (Lagan Press) is a remarkably compelling novel about a career criminal who lives within the strict code of his own peculiar version of morality.

Old-school kings of cool

Sunday November 30 2008

THE door keeps banging. Every time someone comes in to say hello to Sir Terence, the resulting crash! bang! wallop! causes the legend of British design to jump up -- his eyes widening suddenly like Janet Leigh sighting Norman Bates through her shower curtain. "Would you mind being careful closing the door?" he will tell some well-wisher on their way out.

Enough to give Chas grey heir

Sunday November 16 2008

Let's face it, there's hardly going to be a lemming-like rush to join the Sympathisers for Prince Charles club. He's a spoilt 60-year-old who's had his every whim indulged since he was born with a canteen of silver cutlery in his mouth.

Eco-worrier Brigitte gives Palin big freeze

Sunday October 12 2008

You'd almost feel sorry for Sarah Palin. Almost. The ire she has attracted -- especially from other high profile women -- has shown there's more than one pitbull-wearing lipstick out there.

A case of apples and Blairs

Sunday October 05 2008

SHE hasn't gone away, you know. You can still depend on Cherie Blair to bring some gaiety to our lives. Forget the fact that the world is in financial meltdown and that politicians everywhere are scrabbling to stop the global economy from imploding. Cherie takes this moment of crisis to liken her husband, Britain's former prime minister to another English premier.

Lovers of written word flock to see the literary stars

Sunday September 14 2008

'Bringing books to the people" was the aim of Books 2008, according to literary editor Madeleine Keane as she opened the festival, welcoming readers in from the September rain.