Tonight! Last tickets remaining to join us. Lisa Jewell and Andrea Mara will be in conversation about their brand new thrillers and more, with Sinéad Crowley. Book to join us ➡️ bit.ly/4ei7qvd

Big thanks to Tony Clayton-Lea for the inclusion in this week’s Irish Times Culture event guide, spotlighting next Tuesday’s event with Lisa Jewell and Andrea Mara bit.ly/4fHmR0U

Early train to #Dublin for a few days of writing & 'book'ing. Hoping to make @patrickfreyne.bsky.social's debut novel launch in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social tomorrow, then the wonderful #MaggieOFarrell talking about new novel #Land in @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social on Mon w/ @dublinbookfest.bsky.social

📕Do you enjoy thrilling plots? What about unexpected twists, or deeply complex characters? Well, Dublin Book Festival have just the event for you!📕 @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @andreamara.bsky.social @sineadcrowley.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/lisa-jewell-...

✨2 weeks to go ✨ Join us for a brilliant evening of conversation around 2 brand new thrillers. With Lisa Jewell, Andrea Mara and Sinéad Crowley 🎟️ bit.ly/4ei7qvd

🎉Happy Poetry Day Ireland 2026! 🎉✨ The theme for Poetry Day this year is Home. 🏠 This year there are over fifty events taking place around the country the full programme and details on events in your area are available on www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day-i.... #PoetryDayIRL

The sun came out for our event at the Botanic Gardens today with the brilliant Oein de Bhairduin, in partnership with @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Huge thanks to Oein and to Anne Burke for facilitating such a powerful and timely conversation on the impact of The Commission on Itinerancy Report

Introducing the eighth Laureate na nÓg… …Chris Haughton @chrishaughton.bsky.social A multi-award-winning children’s author and illustrator from Dublin, Haughton will hold the title from now until 2029, taking up the position from the outgoing Laureate, Patricia Forde.

'Not yet with the ashes this ragged thing / Ni a gye a sloha a turpog inox' will be launched at the National Botanic Gardens next Thursday 14 May at 12pm in partnership with @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Tickets are free but spaces are limited: dublinbookfestival.com/event/oein-d...

Limited tickets remaining for next week’s launch event. Book your spot to join us! ⬇️

Book your spot now to join us for a gripping evening of conversation as bestselling authors Lisa Jewell and Andrea Mara delve into their brand new thrillers with crime novelist Sinéad Crowley ➡️ bit.ly/4ei7qvd

This promises to be a really special event 🍃🧣 📆Thursday 14 May ⏰12pm 📍National Botanic Gardens Tickets are free but space is very limited: dublinbookfestival.com/event/oein-d...

We’re delighted to team up with @skeinpress.bsky.social for a launch event around a new poem by Oein DeBhairduin. Oein will be joined by Traveller activist and educator Anne Burke for a walk and reading in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. Spaces limited, book yours here ➡️ bit.ly/4cCU6R9

Our call is now open for submissions to be a part of Dublin Book Festival 2026, taking place 4 - 8 November. Details, guidelines and submission form over on our website now ➡️ bit.ly/4cynDtU

📚 Book lovers, mark those calendars! Our flagship festival returns from 4 - 8 November and it’s a special one for us as we celebrate 20 years. This year’s Festival Hub is at the iconic RIAM - Royal Irish Academy of Music ➡️ bit.ly/4cdfqfM

New summer event announced and this one is bound to have you on the edge of your seats! Join us with bestselling authors Lisa Jewell and Andrea Mara in conversation as we explore the dark and gripping worlds of their latest psychological thrillers ➡️ bit.ly/4ei7qvd

Huge congrats to this year’s Raising Voices fellows, we wish them all the best on the programme over the coming months and look forward to welcoming them to DBF in November!

Reading will be just one of the great ways to keep kids busy (and parents happy!) over the Easter break. Check out our roundup of great new books for kids of all ages ➡️ bit.ly/4s3XWam

Looking for some reading inspiration over the Easter break? We might just have you covered. Check out our roundup of just some of the great new books out there ➡️ bit.ly/3PzaiK1

Big thanks to our friends at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for including MR HOO AND OTHER STORIES by our @jlod.bsky.social on their spring reads list!! dublinbookfestival.com/spring-reads/

The last event of our spring series is coming up next week and we have only limited tickets remaining! Join us as we explore the gripping new book by Rory Carroll, illuminating the fascinating story of Sir Roger Casement ➡️ bit.ly/4rnw6X6

Last chance to join us for tonight’s event as we dive into the Irish language and celebrate #SeachtainNaGaeilge with Mollie Guidera of hit platform ‘Irish with Mollie’! Book now to join us ➡️ bit.ly/4rfch4a

📢 Open to submissions! 📢 Do you know a teenager aged 12-18 years old? Do you love writing and making art? Then we want to hear from you! The Booked Up Literary Journal is a small, print publication for writers and artists aged 12-18 years old anywhere on the island of Ireland.

We’re hiring! 📢 Children’s Books Ireland is seeking a full-time Artist & Programme Officer to support authors and illustrators and help deliver our core programmes and events. childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/... 🗓️ Apply by 4pm, Monday 30th March 2026

✨ new week, new event ✨ join us this Thursday as we dive into the Irish language, the history of certain words and phrases, and how we can work Irish into our daily lives. Book your spot here agus bígí linn ➡️ bit.ly/4rfch4a

Last year, I took part in a pilot writing residency at The Dock in Leitrim, working on a book I kept calling my "tiny weird non-fiction project". This short residency is now being rolled out and seeking applications. Honoured they used the title. Apply/spread the word. www.thedock.ie/artists/open...

Looking for autistic teenagers (15-18 years) to write for an anthology of essays about being autistic, for teenage readers. Book to be published next year in collaboration with @newislandbooks.bsky.social and Little Island publishers. @matthewpb.bsky.social #Autistic #Irish #Writing #OwnVoices

We’re so excited for this Sunday’s event in Powerscourt Estate, Wicklow, where we’ll be celebrating writers, books and women’s voices on International Women’s Day! Limited tickets remain to join us for an inspiring, uplifting and moving morning of conversations ➡️ bit.ly/4txJIk2

Paula speaks to 📖 @dublinbookfest.bsky.social listenagain.org?p=59719 Also on Northside Today 📚 Coolock Library Events listenagain.org?p=59723 🌼 Daffodil Day listenagain.org?p=59721 ♀️Int. Women’s Day listenagain.org?p=59714

Check out Dearbhla’s Cultural Picks for @rte.ie and then join us this weekend in Powerscourt to hear more from Dearbhla, as she delves into her brand new book in conversation with Muireann O’Connell! ⬇️

✨ 1 week to go! ✨ Join us next Sunday in Powerscourt for a day celebrating writers, books and women’s voices ➡️ bit.ly/4txJIk2

Are you booked in yet? Join us as we take a joyful dive into the Irish language with Mollie Guidera of ‘Irish with Mollie’ ➡️ bit.ly/4rfch4a

In just two weeks, meet Rosanna Cooney and a fantastic group of female authors in the beautiful setting of Powerscourt Estate at the Dublin Book Festival @dublinbookfest.bsky.social! Don't miss the chance to grab your own copies of these wonderful reads 📚 #DublinBookFestival #IrelandiaPress

Sunday 8th March @dublinbookfest.bsky.social will be celebrating women’s voices on International Women’s Day. Feat. writers Rosanna Cooney, Clare McKenna, Dearbhla Mescal, Oona Frawley & Julia Kelly, with hosts Muireann O’Connell & Edel Coffey Tickets: dublinbookfestival.com/event/celebr...

'A morning of inspiring and engaging conversations around wellbeing, poetry, and the power of words to capture deeply moving stories.' Book your tickets: dublinbookfestival.com/event/celebr...

✨1 week to go ✨ and a limited amount of tickets remaining to join us for an immersive evening of conversation and music with Niall Breslin, Clare McKenna and the Polaris String Quartet ➡️ bit.ly/463RJms

🌼From conversations around wellbeing to finding joy in the small moments, you can spend this International Women’s Day in the company of inspirational authors at Powerscourt Estate🌼 @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/celebrate-in...

Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold Join Naoise Dolan, Anne Griffin & Ailbhe Malone in conversation, in collaboration with @dublinbookfest.bsky.social. Ancient Irish myth, retold — bold women reclaiming their stories. 📅 4 March at 6.30pm: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

It's National Sauna Week! 🧖‍♀️ To celebrate, dive into a world of heat, history, and wellness in 'Sweathouse: The New & The Ancient Irish Sauna Tradition' and catch author Rosanna Cooney at @powerscourthouse.bsky.social as part of the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social spring spotlight series on March 8th ✨

Join us for a step back in time and an evening of conversation around a gripping new book as Rory Carroll delves into A Rebel and a Traitor with Ronan McGreevy ➡️ bit.ly/4rnw6X6

What a line-up! Celebrate this International Women’s Day with Dublin Book Festival @dublinbookfest.bsky.social in the stunning Powerscourt Estate in Co. Wicklow. Oona Frawley and Julia Kelly will be in conversation with Edel Coffey, discussing their writing 🌟

HOWL 26 submissions are now open. We’re accepting poetry and prose (fiction and nonfiction) in English agus as Gaeilge from February 13th – February 23rd. We want the raw and the real. If it excites you, send it to us. Full guidelines + submission details: 🔗 www.howlwriting.ie#submit

As part of our spring series, join us in person for an evening with leading online Irish teacher Mollie Guidera, of hit platform ‘Irish with Mollie’, as we celebrate and dive into the Irish language ➡️ bit.ly/4rfch4a

✨ Reminder! ✨ The deadline of Thursday 19 February for applications for this year’s Raising Voices Fellowship programme is fast approaching. Full details and applications ⬇️ @childrensbooksireland.ie

First event of the year underway, launching An Asylum for My Affections with @newislandbooks.bsky.social at @nlireland.bsky.social

Great to see an upcoming @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at the @nlireland.bsky.social featured in #Image: 📚 Celebrating 'An Asylum for My Affections: Sketches of Maeve Brennan', with editor Molly Hennigan and contributors Roddy Doyle & Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: www.image.ie/agenda/febru...

Submissions opening soon with our friends over at @howlwriting.bsky.social ⬇️

Also this International Women’s Day in Powerscourt Estate, Co. Wicklow, join Dearbhla Mescal for a walk of the stunning gardens as she reads poems and reflections from her new book. Book to join us ➡️ bit.ly/3MhoXrM

Celebrate this International Women’s Day with us in the stunning Powerscourt Estate in Co.Wicklow, with an engaging and inspiring morning of writers in conversation around wellbeing, poetry and moving memoirs. Book your spot to join us ➡️ bit.ly/4txJIk2

Join us as we explore some of the brilliant retellings and reimaginings in the new anthology Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold, with editor Ailbhe Malone and contributors Naoise Dolan and Anne Griffin ➡️ bit.ly/49X3fCN @nlireland.bsky.social