Paula Spencer is back for an encore performance in Roddy Doyle’s latest miracle of a novel, “The Women Behind the Door.” In this installment, the 66-year-old mother, grandmother, recovering alcoholic ...

The women in Roddy Doyle’s “The Women Behind the Door” are so flawed: bruised, crass, guilt-ridden, incontinent, self-centered, blunt to a fault, furious at themselves and each other and the world.

This week, the moment when Irish writer Roddy Doyle discovered he'd won one of the most prestigious honours in fiction: The ...

A Hosting features 56 Irish writers including four of the five Irish Booker Prize winners – Roddy Doyle, John Banville, Anne ...

Irish author and 1993 Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle has been announced as the chair of the 2025 judging panel for The Booker Prize. Doyle is joined by Sarah Jessica Parker on the panel, as well as ...

At the end of Roddy Doyle’s novel of domestic violence, “The Woman Who Walked into Doors” (1996), Paula Spencer finally fights back after decades of physical abuse, braining her husband Charlo with a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Irish author Roddy Doyle's bestselling novel "The Commitments" is finally being made into a musical, more than 25 years after the heartwarming tale of a group of aspiring soul ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Listen 34:52 For decades, Roddy Doyle’s work has been in a field of its own — mostly an Irish one. He’s the Booker ...

The Booker Prize Foundation is set to release a new Quick Reads collection to coincide with The Reading Agency’s World Book ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, creator of some of Ireland's most renowned characters, will tackle one the country's best known when he teams up with Roy Keane to write the ...

At the end of Roddy Doyle’s novel of domestic violence, “The Woman Who Walked into Doors” (1996), Paula Spencer finally fights back after decades of physical abuse, braining her husband Charlo with a ...