Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 30: Your next #RIWC26 read - The Hotel Guest by Rosemary Hennigan #readirishwomenchallenge #irishwriters #femalewriter #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social

In THE ORB OF CAIRADO - the latest instalment in @pennyvixen.bsky.social 's the world of THE GOBLIN EMPEROR - a disgraced scholar tries to clear his name but stumbles on murder, death-trapped tombs and ancient artifacts! Buy our signed, limited-run special edition novella https://geni.us/orbcairado

All Hail Chaos, book 2 in the Time of Iron series, is out May 12 and book 3 is out July 2027. So we thought you guys might like to know the title… I called the book that because Imma do it. Trust me, I’m telling you stories. #booksky

Day 30 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 & I'm dying to see what everyone is planning to read next! So now to what our Rathmines booksellers are planning to read - list in alt text I've picked these two books The Red Mouth by Sheila Armstrong & Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa #RIWC26 #speirgorm

A book about freedom - Day 28 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 In the @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines bookshop, we chose these titles displayed - list in alt text I picked Seaborne by Nuala O'Connor & One by Sarah Crossan #freedom #RIWC26 #speirgorm

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 29: A book of poetry or a play - Shades of Red by Vivienne McKechnie #readirishwomenchallenge #irishwriters #femalewriter #books #poetry @bookaneer808.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 27: A book with an animal companion - Secret of the Selkies by Laura Keohane #readirishwomenchallenge #femalewriters #irishwriters #irishauthor #books @bookaneer808.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 28: A book about freedom - Brigid by Kim Curran #readirishwomenchallenge #femalewriter #irishwriter #femaleauthors #book @bookaneer808.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 26: A book featuring an alternate history - The Fallen The Magdalene Laundries & Ireland’s legacy of Silence by Louise Brendan #readirishwomenchallenge #femaleauthors #irishwriters #femalewriters #books @bookaneer808.bsky.social @simonschusteruk.bsky.social

Day 29 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book of poetry/play I chose this book of poetry, as I'm at the launch 🩵 The Salt of Something New by Chandrika Narayan-Mohan & the play is The Cordelia Dream - Marina Carr @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines booksellers-list alt txt #RIWC26 #poetry #play

The #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 aims to highlight the great range of women writers in Ireland, past & present. Don't miss the anniversary edition of @sonjatiernan.bsky.social's biography of the Irish radical poet, rebel & reformer Eva Gore-Booth. Available from all good bookstores & online! #booksky

#readirishwomenchallenge Day 27: A book with an animal companion Homebirds tells the inspiring and often funny story of Anne Marie McAleese and Dot Blakely's birding adventures around Northern Ireland. @bto-ni.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatchers #BirdwatchingUK #birdwatchingireland

A book with an animal companion - it's Day 27 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 I chose Secret of the Selkies by Laura Keohane & Cameroon with Egbert by Dervla Murphy The other booksellers @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines picked the titles in the display - listed in alt text #RIWC26 #speirgorm

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 24: A book about luck, good or bad - Something Bigger by Sheila Killian. #readirishwomenchallenge #irishauthor #femaleauthors #femalewriters #books @bookaneer808.bsky.social @sheilakillian.bsky.social

Day 26 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book featuring an alternative history I've picked these two - The Lore of Silver by Ruth Frances Long & Few and Far Between by Jan Carson The others we chose @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines listed in the alt text #speirgorm #RIWC26 #alternativehistory

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 23: A book by a women of colour/ ethnic minority/ diaspora - Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri. #readirishwomenchallenge #irishauthor #femaleauthors #femalewriters #books @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @bookaneer808.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 22: A book connected with the land - The Hare’s Corner By Jane Clarke and Catherine Cleary #readirishwomenchallenge #books #irishauthor #femaleauthors #femalewriters @bookaneer808.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @newislandbooks.bsky.social

Day 25 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book recommended by a bookseller/librarian/social media Two of our booksellers @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines Molly - Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan & Mae - The Favourite by Rosemary Hennigan Also recommend these titles - list alt txt ##speirgorm

Day 24 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book about luck, good or bad I chose a reprinted classic crime & a darkly comedic book - Dead Men Don't Ski by Patricia Moyes & Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney The booksellers @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines picked the rest on the table, list alt txt

📚BOOK EVENT 🕡Fri 24 April @ 6.30pm 📍Wexford Book Centre are hosting WEB Women's Writing Group, with authors reading from their own works including Catherine Dunne, Liz McManus, Mairide Woods, Shauna Gilligan and Laureate for Irish Fiction, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. All welcome!! #readirishwomenchallenge

Day 23 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book by a woman of colour/ ethnic minority/diaspora We chose these titles @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines (list in alt text) The two books I chose are - Same but Different by Emer O'Neill & The Perfect Match by Adiba Jaigirdar #RIWC26 #speirgorm

A book connected to the land - it's Day 22 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 I picked - Land by Maggie O'Farrell & Everything That is Beautiful by Louise Nealon My fellow booksellers @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines loved the titles in this display for this prompt #RIWC26 #land #speirgorm

#readirishwomenchallenge Day 21: A book with element of #fantasy, #mythology or #fairytale Jane Talbot’s 'The Faerie Thorn' will draw you into a world of fairy tales & magick, devilish debts, trysts & trades, broken bargains & unjust trials, quick-wittedness, hoodwinking & revenge. #shortstories

Day 21 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with elements of fantasy/ mythology/fairytale Booksellers @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines chose the books in the first picture (list in alt text) Siobhán chose Skipshock-Caroline O'Donoghue & I chose Queen of Coin & Whispers-Helen Corcoran #RIWC26

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 21: A book with elements of fantasy, mythology or fairytale - Penelope Unbound by Mary Morrissy #readirishwomenchallenge #kateobrien #reading #irishwriter #femaleauthors @bookaneer808.bsky.social @bansheepress.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 19: A book that you found really scary - Redder Days by Sue Rainsford. Winner of The Kate O’Brien Award 2019 #readirishwomenchallenge #kateobrien #irishwriters #books #readmore @bookaneer808.bsky.social @suerains.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 19: A book your 8 year old self would have loved - Fia And The Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher #readirishwomenchallenge #kateobrien #irishwriters #books #readmore @bookaneer808.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @eilishfisher.bsky.social

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK Believing a 12-year-old is mature enough to give birth to her rapist's baby, but needs parental approval to check out a book, is peak Republican. Tomorrow, I’ll post a reminder to the GOP about book bans and censorship :-)}

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 18: A book with a green cover - Necessary Treasons by Maeve Kelly #readirishwomenchallenge #maevekelly #femalewriters #kateobrien #irishwriters @bookaneer808.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 17: A book that deals with rebellion - The Pull Of The Stars by Emma Donoghue #readirishwomenchallenge #irishauthor #femalewriters #read #books @bookaneer808.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @emmadonoghue.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 16: A book about looking for a place to belong - The Country Girls by Enda O’Brien #readirishwomenchallenge #readirishwomen #femalewriters #irishwriters #irishauthor @bookaneer808.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

#readirishwomenchallenge Day 18: A book with a green cover 'Selected Stories' by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne A beautiful collection of short stories that demonstrates the breadth of The Laureate For Irish Fiction's achievement across her writing career. @bookaneer808.bsky.social #irishwriters #shortstories

Unveiling our Issue Eleven Cover: ‘The Long Way’ by artist Jessica Brilli 🌊🚙🌵 Issue Eleven is out in late May, and features new writing by Sara Baume, Liadan Ní Chuinn, Lola Olufemi, and an interview with Rashid Khalidi. You can pre-order a copy here: tolkajournal.org/shop/

#readirishwomen Day 16: a book about looking for a place to belong Brilliantly written, witty, and full of sharp observation, 'Moving About the Place' brings together some of the best of Evelyn Conlon’s work to show how borders, movement and history change and transform people’s lives.

#readirishwomenchallenge Day 16: A book about looking for a place to belong 'For the Sins of my Mother' by Marie Therese Rogers-Moloney #historicalinstitutionalabuseinquiry #hiainquiry #nazarethhouse #resilience #inspirational #inspirationalwomen #irishwriters @bookaneer808.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 15: A book set in the world of the arts - Fox, Swallow, Scarecrow by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne #readirishwomenchallenge #readirish #femalewriters #irishwriters #femaleirishwriters @bookaneer808.bsky.social @blackstaffpress.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 14: A picture of your #RIWC26 TBR pile #readirishwomenchallenge #read #irishauthor #femaleauthors @bookaneer808.bsky.social @emmadonoghue.bsky.social @newislandbooks.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 13: A book that is an anthology- Windfall Irish nature poems to inspire and connect. #readirishwomen #read #irishwriter #femalewriters @hachettelibrary.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @bookaneer808.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 12: A book set in a city - Lazy City by Rachel Connolly #readirishwomenchallenge #books #reading #irishwriter #femalewriters @bookaneer808.bsky.social @liveright.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 11: An author whom you’ve read multiple books by - Kate O’Brien #readirishwomenchallenge #kateobrien #irishwriters #books #readmore @bookaneer808.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 10: A book you discovered at a book event - A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello #readirishwomenchallenge #booksbooksbooks #irishwriters #read @bookaneer808.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 7: A book with singular character -Solo by Gráinne O’Brien #readirishwomenchallenge #irishwriters #books #read @bookaneer808.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 8: A book with a one word title - Once by Jo Slade #readirishwomenchallenge #books #novel #irishwriter @bookaneer808.bsky.social @salmonpoetry.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 9: a book about sound or listening #readirishwomenchallenge #irishwriter #irishwomenwriters #brexit #pandemic #northernireland #protestant @bookaneer808.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 9: A book about sound or listening - Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson #readirishwomen #books #irishwriters #novels @bookaneer808.bsky.social @sineadgleeson.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 6: A book with LGBTQ+ themes - Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin Shortlisted for The Kate O’Brien Award 2026 #readirishwomenchallenge #books #irishnovel #irishwriters @bookaneer808.bsky.social @manillapress.bsky.social

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 5: A book with fantastic food - Service by Sarah Gilmartin Shortlisted for The Kate O’Brien Award 2022 #readirishwomenchallenge #irishnovel #irishwriter #books #read @bookaneer808.bsky.social @pushkinpress.com

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 4: A book that features fire - Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick Winner of The Kate O’Brien Award 2026 #readirishwomenchallenge #read #books #irishnovels #irishwriters @bookaneer808.bsky.social

Part memoir, part historical research, #Heartlands tells the story of the #WhiteCity, an under-documented time in Belfast’s history. The story of a pre-Troubles #Belfast in which Catholics and Protestants lived side by side. #MarianneEiliott #PatriciaCraig #DavidPark #irishtimes #belfast