Yeats Day Challenge: 13th June
The Yeats Society of Sligo are once again running the #YeatsDay poetry challenge this June 13th. In its first year last summer, the event managed to "Trend" up to number two on Twitter. More than that success however there was a wonderful communal reaction that took place, with young and old alike all over Ireland and...
Leabhair idir lámha: An Diabhal Déanta
Cathal Póirtéir with his latest choice of reading as Gaeilge An Diabhal Déanta Joe Steve Ó Neachtain | Cló Iar-Chonnacht | €12 pb |174pp | 9781784442002 review by Cathal Póirtéir It...
Eason plans to cut 150 jobs
Eason, Ireland’s biggest bookseller, plans to cut 150 jobs and to put some other staff on a four-day week in June as it responds to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The company is hoping to reduce its costs by 30% in response to the financial hit to...
Lockdown Literary Revival
Recently, TheJournal.ie spoke to some bookshop owners about how they have been managing during the lockdown. We are happy to report that most said that they have been blown away by the demand for online orders during the pandemic. At the same time TheJournal.ie conducted a poll among its subscribers, asking...
Stokes Books plan to reopen next month
Stokes Books will hopefully reopen on 8th June. One of Dublin’s most respected bookshop, Stokes Books, has just announced that it hopes to reopen on 8 June. Located at 19 Market Arcade, South Great George's Street. (Phone +353 1 671 3584), Stokes Books specialises in Irish history books, both...
Crime Spree: Our Little Cruelties, by Liz Nugent
Our Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent | Penguin Ireland |384pp | £12.99 pb | 9781844883950. review by Paula O'Hare Let me fast forward you into this. If you like John Banville...
Bookshop Focus—Stokes Books
Stokes Books Tony Canavan pays a visit to George’s Street Arcade In Dublin’s famous George’s St. Arcade, Stokes Books is an established institution. The bookshop has been there since 1989, but the business itself started in Clanbrassil St. in 1983. It is an unpretentious place that does not go...
Dalkey Literary Awards Shortlist Announced
This year’s Dalkey Book Festival has been replaced by the inaugural Dalkey Literary Awards, proudly launched by the Dalkey Book Festival in conjunction with Zurich Insurance. The Dalkey Book Festival was originally due to take place next June but has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rather than leave a vacuum, Dalkey Book Festival has instead...
Tom French: learning from the next generation.
My thirteen-year-old daughter ... tells me that The Sea Field is ‘a terrible title for a book’. My last book was titled The Last Straw (Gallery Press, 2018) and got its name from a public house in the village just up the coast road. A...
Ennis Bookclub festival are seeking Artistic Director for 2021
Artistic Director Vacancy The committee of the Ennis Book Club Festival are looking to recruit an Artistic Director for the 2021 Ennis Book Club Festival. The Artistic Director will be responsible for the development of a weekend programme of events (March 5-7 2021), which reflects the vision and ethos...
