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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
#SummerStars19
Lift Off this summer with The Summer Stars Reading Adventure at Dublin City Public Libraries
https://www.librariesireland.ie/services/right-to-read/summer-stars
On Thursday, June 20th at 10am Dublin City Libraries launched their Summer Stars...
Kit de Waal
experiences an epiphany when she moves house and finds a new favourite place to
write
In October, I moved house for the first
time in 22 years. I’ve gone down size-wise from a...
THE ULYSSES GUIDE: TOURS THROUGH JOYCE’S DUBLIN (2019 EDITION)
Friday, June 14, 201918:00 - 19:00Hodges Figgis, Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Ireland (map)
New Island warmly invites you to celebrate the publication of The Ulysses...
You are warmly invited to the launch, by Dr Rachel Moss, of
MARRIAGE AND THE IRISH: A MISCELLANY
Salvador Ryan (ed.)
6pm, Tuesday 18 June 2019The Royal...
Tony
Flynn examines two contrasting views of the Irish landscape
Rural landscapes feature prominently in many works of children’s fiction,
and tend to espouse the concept that embracing nature is something that is
pure, healing and empowering...