Books Ireland

A copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover used by the judge of the novel’s landmark 1960 obscenity trial, with all the rude bits...

A new upmarket restaurant and bar, recently opened at London’s exclusive Embassy Gardens on the South Bank, is inspired by the classic...

The Kerry Group Novel of the Year at Listowel Writers’ Week prize went to David Park, for the exceptional Travelling in a...

Echoes 2019 Will Celebrate Community in Contemporary Writing in Ireland! Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre is delighted to announce...

In a startling OECD study, it was found that up to 6% of Irish university graduates are functionally illiterate—meaning their reading and...

Irish-language Literature Adviser appointed Peter Sirr has recently been engaged as the Arts Council’s Irish-language Literature Adviser. As a Dublin native, poet,...

As reported here before, Eason is pressing ahead with some major changes in its business model. In...

The European Parliament recently voted in favour of changing the European Union’s copyright rules. MEPs voted by 348 votes...

The £4m HomePlace centre in County Derry—dedicated to the life and work of poet Seamus Heaney—has suffered a £1m...

Colm Tóibín talks to Sue Leonard about growing up without a father, being a writer and his latest novel, Nora Webster It’s...