Bloomsday Goes Digital

This year the events to commemorate James Joyce’s Ulysses on 16 June are going digital. Highlights of...

Submissions open for 2020 Red Line Book Festival Poetry Competition

The Red Line Book Festival Poetry Competition – now in its eighth year – attracts hundreds of entries...

US Publishers Sue The Internet Archive

In March, the Internet Archive, a non-profit group, announced that it was creating...

Review: A Quiet Tide, by Marianne Lee

A Quiet Tide by Marianne Lee | New Island | 394pp |...

Lost Legends: Maurice Walsh

A lost legend of Irish literature—Maurice Walsh and ephemeral fame

Bookshops reopen to the public

Readers welcome but no browsing – Bookshops reopen to the public From today (08...

Teen Reads: On Midnight Beach, by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

On Midnight Beach Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick | Faber & Faber | 320pp |...

Crime Spree: Now That You’ve Gone, by Fiona Gartland

Paula O’Hare casts her eye over recent crime fiction Now That You’ve Gone

Liam Donnelly pays tribute to Gina O’Donnell.

Gina O'Donnell the Bookshop Manager of Hodges Figgis has died after a brief illness.

Poetry Ireland announce new Director: Niamh O’Donnell

Poetry Ireland announce the appointment of Niamh O’Donnell as the new Director of Poetry Ireland.