Anna Burns and Patrick Redden Keefe Win Orwell Prizes
Two books about the Troubles in Northern Ireland have won this year's prestigious Orwell prize. Anna Burns' novel Milkman won...
NLI new book repository
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...
Gráinne Clear to leave Little Island for Walker Books UK
Gráinne Clear, Publishing Manager and Art Director at Little Island Books, is leaving Little Island after six years...
Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts
The Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts, Kells, Co. Meath, returns on 27–30 June. The packed programme...
Lisa Harding appointed as inaugural Red Line Book Festival Writer-in-Residence
Red Line Book Festival is delighted to announce that writer Lisa Harding has been appointed as the festival’s inaugural Writer-in-Residence.
Launch: Summer Stars National Reading Programme
#SummerStars19
Lift Off this summer with The Summer Stars Reading Adventure at Dublin City Public Libraries
Kit de Waal: My Favourite…
Kit de Waal
experiences an epiphany when she moves house and finds a new favourite place to
write
In October,...
Launch: Ulysses Guide (2019)
THE ULYSSES GUIDE: TOURS THROUGH JOYCE’S DUBLIN (2019 EDITION)
Friday, June 14, 201918:00 - 19:00Hodges Figgis, Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Ireland (map)
Launch: Marriage and the Irish
You are warmly invited to the launch, by Dr Rachel Moss, of
MARRIAGE AND THE IRISH: A MISCELLANY
Grounded in rootlessness
Tony
Flynn examines two contrasting views of the Irish landscape
Rural landscapes feature prominently in many works of children’s fiction,
and...