To be listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction is one of those 'life-changing' moments for a writer, so to see the shortlist dominated with new debut ... Nesting by Irish author Roisin O'Donnell.

When I wrote City Girl in the late ‘80s, Maeve Binchy was our greatest commercial fiction author ... modern Irish women, who were as dynamic and go-ahead as any heroines in New York and London ...

Here are five of the most highly anticipated new books of September – all by female authors. Once upon a time, being a female author in a man’s world often meant changing your name.

To celebrate Irish-American Heritage Month, here are four books written by Irish authors, recommended by your friends at Pima County Public Library.