Irish Noir is the story of Irish Crime fiction. From its gothic origins, through the fast paced storylines provided by Celtic Tiger excess – and right up to the bleak fictional landscape inspired by Austerity Ireland.
This final part of Irish Noir considers what is next for Irish crime writing... Will Irish crime writers continue to find a broad readership with novels set in Ireland?
Published 10/05/13
In this third part of Irish Noir, our focus is boom and bust... Did the arrival, and departure, of great fortune and wealth to these shores finally give Irish crime writers the home grown inspiration they needed to write really convincing crime narratives?
Published 09/28/13
In this second instalment of Irish Noir, we look at the way politics and nation building impacted on the kind of fiction Irish writers produced at the foundation of the state and in the decades after.
Published 09/21/13