Jane Mitchell’s book A Dangerous Crossing tells the story of Ghalib, a young Kurdish boy fleeing the Syrian civil war.
Over the last few years, news reports have been replete with harrowing images...
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From great new books to favorite classic reads, from news to the latest in on-screen adaptations, the Hey YA podcast is here to elevate the exciting world of young adult...
Damian Barr's Literary Salon tempts the world's best writers to read exclusively from their latest greatest works and share their own personal stories. Star guests have included Bret Easton Ellis, Jojo Moyes, John Waters, Helen Fielding, Diana...
This podcast features Open Book and A Good Read. In Open Book Mariella Frostrup talks to authors about their work. In A Good Read Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite books.
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‘Literary prizes are about marketing - many excellent writers never win anything’
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A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.
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Irish writers read and discuss a favourite story from the archives of the Stinging Fly magazine. Hear from: Danny Denton, Sally Rooney, Wendy Erskine, Colm Keegan, Nicole Flattery, Sarah Gilmartin, June...
Two books about the Troubles in Northern Ireland have won this year's prestigious Orwell prize. Anna Burns' novel Milkman won the inaugural prize for political fiction, while the prize for political writing was awarded to...
The National Library of Ireland will officially unveil its new book repository on Thursday, 27th June 2019. To mark this, the Library would like to invite journalists to join theDirector and the Head of Development for a tour of the new facility at 11am. The repository is located in...
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