#BookReview of We'd Have Told Each Other Everything by Judith Hermann | @mercierpress.bsky.social l www.swirlandthread.com/wed-have-tol...

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…and are in fab company with @bullaunpress.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @jantarbooks.bsky.social @mercierpress.bsky.social @pamenarpress.bsky.social & @sinoistbooks.bsky.social And more

20 boxes of previously enjoyed books are being unboxed right now at The Mercier Bookshop #StLukes #CorkCity #bookstore

Many thanks to the lovely staff at Roe River books in Dundalk for hosting the launch of THE FRIENDSHIP CUP by Anne Devlin aka Winnie Clarke About THE FRIENDSHIP CUP: When a Palestinian team visits Ireland, unexpected friendships form that transform lives. Inspired by a real 2017 football exchange

'What follows is shocking for those who know her short stories and novels, cherished for their discreet, enigmatic, almost secretive structures' A fine essay by @katyderbyshire.bsky.social on translating Judith Hermann 📕 @mercierpress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/katy-derbysh...

Another bookish delight hits my hallway with a wallop This time its stories and reflections from Máirtín Ó Direáin the man called the 'Father of modern Irish Poetry' Originally commissioned for The Irish Press by a cousin of my fathers the late Breandán Ó hEithir @mercierpress.bsky.social

You’re invited to the launch of SPRING SEAWEED by Máirtín Ó Direáin this Friday, May 2nd in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Galway. Máirtín Ó Direáin's niece, Máire Áine Ní Dhireáin will be joining us to launch this important work of prose in both English and as Gaelige. #booksky #galway

Writing! Ageing! So what! But the people I talked to hold a range of views on the subject @mercierpress.bsky.social In The Gloss on Thursday

⚽️ COVER REVEAL! ⚽️ 'The Friendship Cup: Palestine to Ireland' ⚽️Royalties from each book sale will directly support the Al Hilal Football Academy in Gaza. 15 April 2025 Pre-order: www.mercierpress.ie/books/the-fr... Illustrated by Miguel Ángel Martínez and Sonia Pérez #Palestine #worldbookday

⚽️ COVER REVEAL! ⚽️ 'The Friendship Cup: Palestine to Ireland' ⚽️Royalties from each book sale will directly support the Al Hilal Football Academy in Gaza. 15 April 2025 Pre-order: www.mercierpress.ie/books/the-fr... Illustrated by Miguel Ángel Martínez and Sonia Pérez #Palestine #worldbookday

The Today Show/Mercier Press Book Competition 2025 ✍️ ✨Competition deadline: 11th April 2025✨ Submissions must include a complete manuscript between 40,000 – 100,000 words. Read more at: www.writing.ie/writing-comp... @mercierpress.bsky.social @rte.ie #writers #writersky 💙📚

Still places going in my Creative Writing Workshops at The Mercier Bookshop! If you are in Cork and fancy getting into this business we call "writin'" @mercierpress.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-w...

All Royalties to Ukrainian Action Ireland: www.mercierpress.ie/books/we-sta... #westandwithukraine #booksky

📚 COVER REVEAL! 🔥 'Camarade' by award-winning author Theo Dorgan, cover design by Fiachra McCarthy 'All things considered, I wonder if shooting that policeman made me the man that I am?' A philosophical thriller Pre-orders open #CoverReveal #IrishFiction #ComingSoon#IrelandReads

📚 COVER REVEAL! 📚 Here’s the stunning cover of Mary O'Donnell's powerful new short story collection, ‘Walking Ghosts.’ Cover by @needledesign #WalkingGhosts #MaryODonnell #IrishLiterature #ShortStories #CoverReveal​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Coming 08 May 2025 Pre-Orders open

📚 COVER REVEAL! 📚 Here’s the stunning cover of Mary O'Donnell's powerful new short story collection, ‘Walking Ghosts.’ Cover by @needledesign #WalkingGhosts #MaryODonnell #IrishLiterature #ShortStories #CoverReveal​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Coming 08 May 2025 Pre-Orders open

Good news, Cork Writer Types! I'm teaching a Creative Writing Course with @mercierpress.bsky.social in March! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-w...

📚 COVER REVEAL! 🔥 'Camarade' by award-winning author Theo Dorgan, cover design by Fiachra McCarthy 'All things considered, I wonder if shooting that policeman made me the man that I am?' A philosophical thriller Pre-orders open #CoverReveal #IrishFiction #ComingSoon#IrelandReads #booksky

📚 COVER REVEAL! 🔥 'Camarade' by award-winning author Theo Dorgan, cover design by Fiachra McCarthy 'All things considered, I wonder if shooting that policeman made me the man that I am?' A philosophical thriller Pre-orders open #CoverReveal #IrishFiction #ComingSoon#IrelandReads

📚✨ Step back in time with us at Mercier Bookshop! These reissued little gems from the 60s had stunning covers by design legends Cor Klaasen and John Skelton! 🎨 Fun fact: These were made pocket-sized for life on the go. Maybe it's time we all swapped our scroll time for a vintage page-turner? 😉

All the feels with this one. Strong language throughout! Narrated brilliantly by Flora Montgomery and Shane Quigley who capture the nuance of the Dublin accent and bring the story alive like never before. On all audio platforms from tomorrow #booksky #audiobook #romance libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

All the feels with this one. Strong language throughout! Narrated brilliantly by Flora Montgomery and Shane Quigley who capture the nuance of the Dublin accent and bring the story alive like never before. On all audio platforms from tomorrow #spicy #audiobook #romance libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

I’ll be posting from the Bookselling Ireland conference today. There are almost 200 bookshop across Ireland and they have huge cultural impact. Plus they contribute around e189 million annually to the economy.

We are absolutely delighted to announce the winner of The O'Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award 2025 is: Louisa Earls, @booksupstairs.bsky.social Louisa is a fantastic bookseller and a true asset to the Irish book industry, this award is so well-deserved. Congratulations Louisa! #botyaward

www.goodreads.com/review/show/... A remarkable book @mercierpress.bsky.social #Books #BookSky

Publishing 28 March 2025 Cover by Craig Carry

🌸 Spring into Cork's cosiest bookshop at St Luke's! Open till 8pm tomorrow night, our sun-soaked shelves are waiting. From €1, find stories that spark joy. Browsers always welcome in our little corner of #CorkCity. In a world of ‘idk google it’ - trust a book instead. 📚✨

Tune in to www.rte.ie/player/onnow Carina McNally of @mercierpress.bsky.social & Cónal Creedon are joining the TODAY Team right now to launch an exciting new competition If you have a novel in the drawer - and you're looking for a publisher - this will be of interest to you. #writers #writinglife

A very special St. Brigid’s Cross all the way from St. Brigid’s Well, Liscannor, Co. Clare. #stbrigidsday

There’s a run on ‘The Year in Ireland’ by Kevin Danaher today- lots of folk interested in Brat Bríde, Brídeog and how to make a St Bridget's Cross. We’ve plenty of copies at the Mercier Bookshop - open until 8pm this evening. #booksky #stbridget

A power-cut essential for readers www.omahonys.ie/led-glasses-...

We made an audiobook and it’s absolutely brilliant. Have a listen and tell us what you think. #audiobook #books #writing #IrishHistory #Truestory

Pre-orders just opened. 50th Anniversary Limited Edition. Mercier Clothbound Classic Exclusive limited edition (1 of 300) In this beloved memoir, Seamus Murphy tells the story of his seven-year stone carving apprenticeship in Ireland. #booksky

Ag teacht ar @tg4.bsky.social Lá Fhéile Stiofáin - Na Lumiere Gaelacha - Deartháireacha Uí Argáin - a TV documentary on the Horgan Brothers of Youghal, Cork - pioneers of early photography, animation and cinema. The book comes in March from @mercierpress.bsky.social ! Preorder now !

This is the story of the Horgan Brothers of Youghal, photographic, cinematic and animation pioneers. Documentary on 26/12 @ 21.30 @TG4TV Pre-orders now open for 'The Horgan Brothers: The Irish Lumières.'

🕯️ 160 years today since George Boole's passing. Authors Des MacHale & Yvonne Cohen, The Essential George Boole’ laid flowers at his Blackrock grave. Des has brought flowers here every year since his UCC student days, honoring the father of Boolean logic. #GeorgeBoole @UCC​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ -

Thanks to everyone who attended our bookshop launch this evening and to Conal Creedon for his heartfelt words. ❤️

Wonderful reading by Cónal Creedon opening the @mercierpress.bsky.social bookshop in St Luke's Cross - touchingly speaking about his retrospective awareness of his mother's homesickness for her rural homeplace. "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." #Kierkergarde

📚📚 From Cork to #NobelPrize 'The Essential George Boole’ by Desmond MacHale and Yvonne Cohen arrives at a remarkable moment: as Geoffrey Hinton, Boole's great-great-grandson and AI pioneer, receives the Nobel Prize in Physics. This connection bridges centuries of innovation.

Just dropped! New audiobook of ‘The Ballycotton Job’ masterfully narrated by Bob Kelly.

Forthcoming January 2024

New release: This is Cork This mesmerizing photography book unveils brand-new images from a breathtaking journey through the heart of Cork. All captured through extraordinary aerial photography taken from heights of 1,000 to 5,000 feet. #Cork #Writers #Authors #Photography #AerialPhotography

First published by Mercier in 1969.

Just back from the Frankfurt Book Fair and catching up with correspondence. #books #writing #authors