Dalkey Literary Award winners revealed
The Dalkey Book Festival, in conjunction with Zurich Insurance, has announced the inaugural winners of the Dalkey Literary Awards.
This marks the first year of the Dalkey...
Press Release 19th June 2020
The Arts Council has endorsed a new report from a special Advisory Group established to identify ways for the arts sector to deal with the Covid-19 crisis.
Poetry Ireland announces first guest editor of Trumpet
Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce that Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan has been appointed as the first guest editor of Trumpet, its literary...
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Sophie White | £13.99 | 9781529343427 | 336pp | Hachette Books Ireland | June 2020
Review by Joanne O’Sullivan
Marianne McShane explains her motivation to put pen to paper and get her Irish folk tales written down
Marianne McShane
Bex Sheridan, co-author and illustrator of new children’s book Irish Farm Animals, with Glyn Evans, talks about how the book came into being.
Working on Irish Farm Animals was far more fun than...
Talking Translations Podcast
Talking Translations: Stories from Ireland is a new podcast series which brings Irish writers and translators together to share their stories and voices.
Each podcast...
The untold story of the siege of Carrickmines Castle and the aristocratic families that brought it to pass
March 27th 1642 was a dark day...
The Arts Council welcomes additional €20 million support package for 2020. This addition will bring the annual budget to €100 million. The €20million forms the larger part of a €25 million package...
Anthony J. Jordan examines the failed attempts to repatriate James Joyce’s body
ARCHIVE: First published June 2019 Books Ireland issue #385.
Bloomsday, 16 June, is now a major...
