Books & Authors – BBC4 Podcast
This podcast features Open Book and A Good Read. In Open Book Mariella Frostrup talks to authors about their work. In A Good Read Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite books. To listen, check it out here.
Thomas Kilroy (85): This Literary Life
‘Literary prizes are about marketing - many excellent writers never win anything’ Interview by Mary McCarthy A successful cataract operation in 2006 had the extraordinary effect of unlocking my memories of growing up in the small town of Callan in Kilkenny as I began to vividly remember parts of my...
The New Yorker – Podcast
A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman. To listen, check it out here.
The Stinging Fly – Podcast
Irish writers read and discuss a favourite story from the archives of the Stinging Fly magazine. Hear from: Danny Denton, Sally Rooney, Wendy Erskine, Colm Keegan, Nicole Flattery, Sarah Gilmartin, June Caldwell and many more... click here. @stingingfly
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 the inaugural prize for political fiction, while the prize for political writing was awarded to Patrick Radden Keefe for his book Say Nothing. Ms Burns, who grew up in Belfast’s Ardoyne area, was...
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 join theDirector and the Head of Development for a tour of the new facility at 11am. The repository is located in its main building on Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The state-of-the-art facility, which is not...
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 to take up the role of Senior Editor at Walker Books in London. Clear, who was named as a Bookseller Rising Star in 2017, has worked...
Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts
The Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts, Kells, Co. Meath, returns on 27–30 June. The packed programme contains great books, great writers, historians and musicians. Novelists to watch out for include John Boyne, Hugo Hamilton, Olivia Kiernan, Jane Casey, Christy Lefteri (The Beekeeper of Aleppo) and Stacy Halls(The Familiars). Sinead Gleesonwill discuss...
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. Harding was selected for the role following an open call for applications earlier this year and will begin the ten-week residency in August 2019. Over the course of the residency, she will...
