One Dublin One Book 2021: Leonard and Hungry Paul, by Rónán Hession
Ronan Hession, photo Steve Langan Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession (Bluemoose Books) is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2021. Leonard and Hungry Paul has been celebrated by readers for its optimism and tenderness, especially at a time when hope can feel at a remove. A book about friendship, it...
Together we can make a difference: mother and daughter create a book together
by Lindsay Myers Storytelling is fundamentally about communication and connection. As the character of C. S. Lewis in William Nicholson’s play, Shadowlands, so aptly put it: “we read to know we are not alone”. When we tell stories to children we create links between our childhood and...
Poetry: Rachel Coventry
photo credit Ruth McKee "...a poem is a way of happening, a mouth." (W.H.Auden) https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y85x642d_VQ You Murdered My Longing, by Rachel Coventry And because poetry is so close to longing, it sickened...
Poetry: Moyra Donaldson
photo credit Ruth McKee “…a poem is a way of happening, a mouth.” (W.H. Auden) https://player.vimeo.com/video/437994735 In the Year of Not Caring I discovered that I...
A rainbow selection—books for Valentine’s
by Catherine Murphy Where there are people there is love, where there is love there is romance—and where there is romance there’s an author taking notes. Queer romance has always been a part of the literary world, from Alice Walker to...
Three Irish authors on Rathbones Folio Prize shortlist
The shortlist for the Rathbones Folio Prize has been announced. It includes three Irish titles: As You Were, by Elaine Feeney (Harvill Secker); A Ghost In the Throat, by Doireann Ní Ghríofa (Tramp); and handiwork by Sara Baume (Tramp). Judged by editor, broadcaster and writer Sinéad Gleeson, novelist and short-story writer Jon McGregor, and...
Turas Press: The Long and Winding Road of Independent Publishing
by Liz McSkeane In Irish and in Scottish Gaelic, turas means journey Just over four years ago, in January 2017, I embarked on the exciting and daunting journey of setting up my own small publishing house. At first, I intended to publish...
Pubeasy to be powered by new platform in March
Technology and information providers MVB and Nielsen Book announce completely rebuilt platform for publishers, booksellers and distributors German technology and information provider MVB and UK-based Nielsen Book are preparing the launch of the newly developed Pubeasy system at the end of March. The international electronic ordering and customer self-service...
Newry writer one of nine finalists in Goldsboro Historical Romantic Novel Award
Catherine Tinley, from Newry, Co Down, is one of 9 finalists in the Goldsboro Books Historical Romantic Novel Award category with her novel Rags-to-Riches Wife, published by Mills & Boon Historical. The winners of the awards will be presented by actor and presenter Larry Lamb in a digital event on Monday 8th...
Crossways Festival 2021: all about connections in a superb virtual line-up
Paula Meehan and Kathleen Jamie Now in its third year, Crossways, The Irish Scottish Cultural and Literary Festival, has announced its virtual programme for February. The focus for Virtual Crossways 2021 is on Irish language and Scottish-Gaelic writing, featuring sixteen literary readings and three musical events streamed over...
