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Books Ireland Flash Fiction Series—Editor’s Choice

Books Ireland Flash Fiction

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

Hani and Ishu’s Guide To fake Dating is the new YA queer romance from Adiba Jaigirdar and it’s everything it promises.

Linguistic archaeology—how words reveal our history

How Linguistics can Help the Historian| Anthony Harvey|Royal Irish Academy| ISBN:9781911479697|€ 9.50   Evidence of...

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

Seed|Joanna Walsh|No Alibis Press| 2021|Limited Edition Set|ISBN: 9781838108113 by Eoghan Smith

Little Island announce sequel to Meg Grehan’s The Deepest Breath

Little Island announce sequel to Meg Grehan's The Deepest Breath Little Island...

IMRAM Irish-language literature festival announces 2024 programme

Caitríona Ó Leary performing Kate Bush in Irish at IMRAM festival 2022: Photo Jim Berkeley IMRAM Irish-language...

John Redmond and the issue of women’s suffrage

John Redmond and Irish Parliamentary Traditions|Martin O’Donoghue & Emer Purcell|UCD Press John...

Winning books in the 2024 Irish Language Book of the Year Publishing Awards

Éabhlóid, Dingle Publishing, and Futa Fata picked up prizes at the prestigious Irish Language Book of...

Linguistic delights that will keep your head spinning—Sweeney, an Intertonguing

Sweeney, an Intertonguing|Rody Gorman|Francis Boutle Publishers Sweeney, an Intertonguing by Rody Gorman—Linguistic...

The Irish Writers Handbook 2025 partners with Irish Book Week

The Irish Writers Handbook 2025 hits the shelves for Irish Book Week

Puppet Masters, How MI6 Masterminded Ireland’s Deepest State Crisis—read an extract

The Puppet Masters, How MI6 Masterminded Ireland’s Deepest State Crisis|David Burke|Mercier Press

Alan Nolan wins award for outstanding contribution to children’s books

Alan Nolan wins the annual Children's Books Ireland Award for outstanding contribution to children's books. Image by Ruth Ní Eidhin

Jailbreak—elation and heartbreak of Republican escapes

Mae Burke, Eithne Coyle and Linda Kearns at Duckett's Grove in Carlow, shortly after their escape from Mountjoy Gaol in 1921. (Courtesy:...

A tribute to Fred Johnston, by Kevin Kiely

Kevin Kiely pays tribute to poet, novelist, musician, and political activist Fred Johnston (1951-2024)