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Stories for curious minds—non-fiction books for children

30 January 2023

Riveting story of a singular priest—My Father’s House

26 January 2023

Poetry Ireland Review—guest editors revealed

25 January 2023

Cathal Póirtéir on Diarmuid Johnson’s personal and cultural odyssey

13 June 2022

Applications open for Poetry Ireland International Residency Programme

10 November 2022

Applications are now open for the Poetry Ireland International Residency Programme An...

Launch invite: The Shadow War, Oct 9.

26 September 2019

Little Island scores hat-trick in Carnegie

7 November 2022

Margaret Atwood to headline at The Poetry Weekender in Dún Laoghaire

4 August 2022

Flash Fiction—Teamwork, by Fiona O’Rourke

9 June 2022

GADGET WORLD

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TRAVEL GUIDES

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Liber, Sligo, named Bookshop of the Year 2019

19 August 2019

Liber, the much-loved Sligo independent bookshop, has been named Bookshop of the Year at the annual Irish...

Job opportunities and new courses at The Irish Writers Centre

20 January 2021

New courses announced, and two vacancies now open with The Irish Writers Centre.

John McAuliffe—unchartered water and honouring memory in his new collection.

9 May 2020

Carcanet at 50: Poetry Ireland

3 October 2019

Sally Rooney confirmed for Wild Atlantic Words, Mayo.

22 June 2020

LATEST REVIEWS

First Encounters with the 17th Cent. Boyle Women.

20 April 2020

Ann-Maria Walsh reflects on how she first discovered the fascinating story of the Boyle Family. Pictured is Dr....

Moya Roddy talks about Italy, art and feminism in A Wiser...

15 March 2021

Checkout 19—a paean to the imagination

13 September 2021

Socialising in Medieval Dublin

2 December 2019

West Cork Literary Festival: celebrating the short story

24 March 2021

Winner of Dalkey Creates Poetry Competition: ‘Love was almond shaped’ by Denise O’Hagan

5 March 2021

CHICAGO SHOW

Irish Lives in America—the good, the bad and the beautiful

23 November 2021

The Reading Agency announces the World Book Night 2020 booklist.

10 December 2019

Belfast Book Festival is back!

9 June 2021

FASHION AND TRENDS

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An Post Irish Book Awards – Online Awards

25 November 2020

Join in online - tonight at 7:30 Tonight, for the first...

Bookshop Focus—Bridge Street Books, Wicklow

3 August 2022

Bridge Street Books, Wicklow How it started We opened in 1999,...

IN:Verse – The Music of What Happens, ed. by Tanya Farrelly

6 November 2020

Eason To Quit Northern Ireland

16 July 2020

HarperCollins Ireland acquires The Money Mentor, by Santis O’Garro

25 October 2022

EDITOR PICKS

Review: Exciting Times, by Naoise Dolan.

23 April 2020

Booker Prize 2019 Shortlist Announced

3 September 2019

An Post Irish Book Awards – Online Awards

25 November 2020

LATEST ARTICLES

Books Ireland Flash Fiction Series—Editor’s Choice

28 June 2022

Cute, joyous, loveable—YA queer romance from Adiba Jaigirdar

23 June 2021

Linguistic archaeology—how words reveal our history

26 May 2021

A loosening and tightening knot: Eoghan Smith on the artistry of...

18 April 2021

Stories for curious minds—non-fiction books for children

30 January 2023

Riveting story of a singular priest—My Father’s House

26 January 2023

Poetry Ireland Review—guest editors revealed

25 January 2023

Eighth Amendment activism memorabilia to be digitised and archived

23 January 2023

Leopold Bloom Press seeks submissions

19 January 2023

The First Page—Adiba Jaigirdar

18 January 2023

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