Winner of Dalkey Creates Short Story Competition: Cupcakes and Carburetors, by Caroline Sutherland
Winner of the Dalkey Creates Short Story Competition Cupcakes and Carburetors, by Caroline Sutherland I’m struggling to find the likeness of him, the set of his jaw. I have his soul-searching, clothes-stripping eyes just right - the twist of his mouth...
Winner of Dalkey Creates Poetry Competition: ‘Love was almond shaped’ by Denise O’Hagan
Winner of the Dalkey Creates Poetry Competition Love was almond shaped by Denise O'Hagan Love was almond shaped On sultry summer afternoons When we sat outside in slatted light With geraniums and the last of the washing High above the eternal traffic noise And other muted noise...
Children’s Books Ireland gifts books to families in the Travelling Community for World Book Day
To mark World Book Day Children’s Books Ireland are gifting 1,100 books to children and young people in the Travelling Community. Funding for this book-gifting initiative was raised through Children’s Books Ireland’s ‘Gift A Book’ Christmas appeal and supported by The O’Brien Press and Walker Books.
Books Books Books—the English language bookshop in the heart of Switzerland
Matt Wake and Rachel Bender in Books Books Books, the English bookshop in Lausanne, Switzerland Matt Wake talks to Ruth McKee about all things books #worldbookday by Ruth McKee Like writing the novel you want to read if you can't find it on the shelf, Matt Wake...
Edna O’Brien to receive Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Edna O’Brien to receive cultural award from France Edna O’Brien will receive France’s highest cultural distinction when she is named commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on Sunday. France has three ranks of cultural awards, knight, officer and commander, with the latter...
Submissions open for RTÉ Short Story Competition in honour of Francis MacManus
RTÉ Radio 1 short story competition opens for submissions until May 7th It's that time of year again—when writers all over the country set their eyes on one of the most sought-after awards for short fiction—The RTÉ Short Story Competition. Now running for thirty-five years—in...
Under the Covers: Niall McCormack on bright, intelligent design
detail from Midfield Dynamo, by Adrian Duncan (Lilliput Press) Niall McCormack talks to Ruth McKee —for the first in our new series featuring Ireland's finest cover designers A good book cover won’t help the sales of a bad book—but a bad book cover will hinder...
Before My Actual Heart Breaks: Tish Delaney talks about her debut novel
Before My Actual Heart Breaks|Tish Delaney|Cornerstone|ISBN: 9781786331984 by Carina McNally ‘The worst advice you’ll ever hear as a writer is to write the first three chapters for a publisher.’ According to Northern Irish writer Tish Delaney you should 'write the whole book,...
“The black mirror of the internet, doom scrolling and fractured soliloquies”—Elaine Feeney wins the Kate O’Brien Award with debut novel As You Were
Elaine Feeney wins the Kate O'Brien Award with her debut novel As You Were (Harvill Secker) Chosen from a glittering shortlist, Elaine Feeney's novel As you Were (Harvill Secker) has been chosen as the winner of the Kate O'Brien Award, presented as part of...
Poetry: Eleanor Hooker
Photo 'Driftwood' Ruth McKee "...a poem is a way of happening, a mouth." (W.H. Auden) https://www.youtube.com/embed/P-G-lZK8QVg Living
