‘The Island of Spells’

Marking her centenary, Miles Leeson discusses Iris Murdoch and Ireland Iris Murdoch has had...

Writer-in-Residence positions in Trinity, UCD and NUI Galway

The Arts Council has a long-standing partnership with a number of Irish universities offering Writer in Residence/Fellowship positions to provide university students with...

Sebastian Barry and Sarah Crossan to appear at the West Cork...

The West Cork Literary Festival welcomes two of Ireland’s laureates for a very special event, as Laureate for...

Summer Stars will help your child get into reading

by Mary McCarthy Sick of hounding the kids to read more? Then get...

Palimpsests: the V International Flann O’Brien Conference 2019, Dublin.

The International Flann O’Brien Society is proud to announce Palimpsests: The V International Flann O’Brien Conference, 16-19 July 2019, hosted...
CBI bursary

Children’s Books Ireland and Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary Awards for Mid-Career...

Children’s Books Ireland and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre have announced an opportunity for three artists to avail of a week-long residency each, to take...

The Irish Times Books – Podcast

A monthly podcast about books, hosted by Irish Times Books Editor Martin Doyle. To listen, check it out here.

Irish Chef Brian McDermott wins at Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

Irish chef Brian McDermott's cookbook Donegal Table: Delicious Everyday Cooking (published in 2018 by O'Brien Press) has...

National Mentoring Programme 2019

Words Ireland is a collective of seven literature organisations who work collaboratively to provide professional development and resource services to the literature sector.They have just...

NLI Children’s ‘Coat of Arms’ Workshop

Wednesday 10 July, 2pm - 3.30pm Learn about the ancient art of heraldry and the world of the knight, and then...