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Irish chef Brian McDermott's cookbook Donegal Table: Delicious Everyday Cooking (published in 2018 by O'Brien Press) has won a major award at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The awards took place on...
Words Ireland is a collective of seven literature organisations who work collaboratively to provide professional development and resource services to the literature sector.They have just announced their National Mentoring Programme. This is a valuable opportunity for twenty emerging writers to be...
Wednesday 10 July, 2pm - 3.30pm
Learn about the ancient art of heraldry and the world of the knight, and then look at the ways coats of arms are used today. Children can design their own...
Tuesday 9 July, 2pm
Who doesn’t love a good story? Come and explore how stories connect and delight us all. Children’s author Debbie Thomas will help you invent a pet, wage cutlery wars and...
Interview by Mary McCarthy
The best research is done without realising it. I was a freelance journalist for 15 or 20 years and lived...
Dublin launch: Wednesday 6th June 2019, Rathmines Library.
Hugh McFadden is a poet and literary critic who worked for many years as a news copy editor with a national newspaper group....
The West Cork Literary Festival runs on 12–19 July and welcomes a star-studded cast of writers to Bantry, Co. Cork. This year’s line-up includes Graham Norton, Mary Robinson, Laureate for Irish Fiction Sebastian Barry, Laureate na nÓg...
The Red Line Book Festival celebrates the very best in local, national and international writing. Now in its eighth year, the festival features talks, panels, workshops and theatre shows, as well as a full programme for families...
‘Difficulties of Translation: translating difference into a shared conversation’ is the theme at this year’s John Hewitt International Summer School. There are over 40 events from more than 60 writers, artists, commentators and performers. Writers and artists...
