The News from Dublin: Colm Tóibín’s latest short story collection resonates with emotional truth

Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘The News from Dublin’ by Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín’s new collection of short stories, “The News from Dublin,” includes the timely story of an undocumented Irish immigrant who leaves America, fearing President Trump’s return to office. “It’s going to be worse for you all this time,” he writes. The author’s restraint, intensity, and deliberation have earned him praise as one of Ireland’s great living writers.

"The News from Dublin" by Colm Tóibín, Reviewed

Colm Tóibín, the author of Brooklyn and Long Island. By Pico Iyer Colm Tóibín writes what could be called emotional thrillers, so swift and intimate that you can’t stop reading, even though the only mysteries they’re investigating have to do with loneliness and loss. His celebrated novels take many different forms—plunging us into the predicament of a young Irish woman torn between two homes and loves (Brooklyn and Long Island), reimagining with…

The News from Dublin: Colm Tóibín’s latest short story collection resonates with emotional truth

Colm Tóibín’s latest collection of short stories delivers a quietly powerful collection of nine stories that traverse Ireland, Spain, Argentina and the US. The News from Dublin offers intimate portraits of people shaped by history, disappointment, tragedy, grief and the long shadows of secrecy. These narratives favour restraint over spectacle, revealing emotional truths through subtle gestures, silences and missed connections. Several stories ar…