Huge congratulations from all of us at New Island to Seán Farrell on his debut novel Frogs for Watchdogs being shortlisted for the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies prestigious John McGahern Annual Book Prize. @irishinstitute.bsky.social

Delighted to announce the shortlist for our Annual John McGahern Book Prize Congratulations to ✒️ Gethan Dick ✒️ Seán Farrell ✒️ Liadan Ní Chuinn More on the shortlist in @irishtimes.com: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... @tramppress.bsky.social @newislandbooks.bsky.social @stingingfly.bsky.social

A sunny day and a stack of books we're incredibly proud of, here’s to our class of 2026 so far! ☀️

Publishing this September! Celebrating thirty years of The Ark, Dublin, Dream Big: New Plays from The Ark 2019–2025 brings together five outstanding plays commissioned by Europe's first children’s cultural centre. #TheArk #IrishPlays #DreamBig #NewPlays #ChildrensTheatre

Celebrating Pride Weekend with 40% off ALL New Island titles! From now until midnight on Sunday, 28 June, enjoy 40% off every title on newisland.ie, including pre-orders. Simply use the code PRIDE40 at checkout to claim your discount.

Bold and thought-provoking, self-deprecating and soaked in Caitríona Lally’s singular voice, HOME ECONOMICS quietly but forcefully puzzles over personal, creativity and the true impact of 'success' and 'failure' on a writer's life. 🧹 #memoir #irishwriters #homeeconomics #caitrionalally

Publishing this September, A Motley Crew by Frank Hopkins takes readers on a journey through the strange, the grim, and the unforgettable lives that passed through Ireland’s courts and jails in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Preorder is available here www.newisland.ie/shop/p/a-mot...

Huge thanks to the team at ServiceNow Ireland for hosting a wonderful lunchtime event yesterday to celebrate Pride Month with Slant author Katherine O’Donnell. 🏳️‍🌈 For corporate event enquires please contact [email protected] #CorporateEvent #ServiceNow #PrideMonth @ka-od.bsky.social

🦊Out now!🦊 #westcork #debutnovel #mystery #irishfiction

The discount codes for buying my books from @newislandbooks.bsky.social at a 20% discount are #Yeats20 & #Ulysses20.

Celebrate Bloomsday in style by joining us for the launch event of Tom Matthew’s delightful new book Ulysses in Limericks in The Gallery at Grogan’s, next Tuesday at 6.30pm with special guest speaker Frank McNally. www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/event/ulysse...

This was an incredible story to listen to. What struck me was the grace and love Nuala and Grainne showed for one another, the sister Nuala, and their parents. Remarkable.

Recommended! The extraordinary story of Nuala O'Faolain's hidden sister. An Australian woman, also called Nuala, discovers through O'Faolain's memoir that they share the same father. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social

Join us this eveving in Books Upstairs to celebrate the publication of Home Economics by Caitríona Lally. Caitríona will be in conversation with Jackie Lynam from 6.30pm. We hope to see you there. #HomeEconomics #BooksUpstairs #IrishWriting #Memoir

A short clip from the recent Mary x Maeve event in the @irishartscenter, New York 🗽 #irishwriters #maevebrennan #marylavin #maryxmaeve #thenewyorker

Excited to share the cover of my history of Magill magazine…. The book is being published by @newislandbooks.bsky.social in September. #magillbook

Publishing this September: FEARLESS! by Kevin Rafter - the story of how one fearless magazine captured modern Ireland. www.newisland.ie/shop/p/fearl... @kevinrafter.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

If you’ve ever tried to write a book whilst simultaneously juggling a million other responsibilities, you need to read Caitríona Lally’s Home Economics. It’s class. @newislandbooks.bsky.social

New Patreon post. Get your mythic dose www.patreon.com/posts/156275...

Don’t miss tonight’s Wired Our Own Way event in dlr Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire. Starts at 6.30pm, featuring Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan, Mariel Deegan, Justin Bakker and Jennifer Poyntz. All welcome!

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

New Island is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of Commonplace, a deeply moving and resonant memoir by Laura McDonagh, arriving in Spring 2027. www.newisland.ie/new-island-a...

The Long Gaze Back from 2011, edited @sineadgleeson.bsky.social reshaped the Irish literary canon, asserting in their rightful place a great cohort of women writers. Recently reprinted @newislandbooks.bsky.social.

Spring is stacking up nicely. 🙌🏼 #IrishWriting #BooksOfInstagram #IndependentPublishing #IrishWriters #IrishAuthors

New Island is heading to New York for a special event at the Irish Arts Center, Mary x Maeve: Mary Lavin, Maeve Brennan, and The New Yorker - an evening dedicated to two of Irish America’s most brilliant and enduring 20th-century literary voices. tickets.irishartscenter.org/3150/3151?_g...

All are warmly welcome to the launch of All the Old Clocks by R. P. O’Donnell at the iconic De Barra’s Folk Club in Clonakilty on Thursday, April 23rd at 7pm! 🐺 #IrishFiction #IrishMystery #DebutNovel #WestCork #clonakilty

Happy World Autism Acceptance Day. Here's 2 of my #OwnVoice books in @booksupstairs.bsky.social : For adults: Wired Our Own Way; an anthology of autistic Irish voices, published by @newislandbooks.bsky.social For Kids: Being Autistic (and what that actually means), published by JKP.

New Island Books is proud to announce the acquisition of No One Tells You: The Last Years of Edna O’Brien by acclaimed writer Carlo Gébler www.newisland.ie/new-island-b... #ednaobrien Photo credit: Steve Pike

As part of the Bealtaine Festival, join writer and novelist Carlo Gébler in conversation with journalist Olivia O’Leary as they discuss his memoir A Cold Eye: Notes from a Shared Island, 1989–2024 projectartscentre.ie/events/carlo...

To celebrate the recent publication of An Asylum for My Affections, editor Molly Hennigan will be joined by Belinda McKeon & Kate Phelan for a special event in Books Upstairs this Wednesday, April 1st at 6.30pm. The event is free, but booking is essential booksupstairs.ie/all-events/s...

New Island is delighted to announce that we have signed Dirty Water, the debut novel by Alix O’Neill. Publishing Spring 2027. www.newisland.ie/new-island-a...

A very good book it was too

In 1992, New Island launched its publishing journey with Sea Legs: Hitch-Hiking the Coast of Ireland Alone by Rosita Boland — our very first book! #travelwriting #irishwriters

To celebrate the recent publication of An Asylum for My Affections, editor Molly Hennigan will be joined by contributors from the book at Books Upstairs on Wednesday, April 1st at 6.30pm. Booking essential booksupstairs.ie/all-events/s...

More info here: niamhgarvey.com/2026/03/08/s... @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @newislandbooks.bsky.social

Thank you @newislandbooks.bsky.social for this treat in the post this morning! Bannister is an engaging and practical teacher, and the illustrations by Lucie Robson are lovely.

A @newislandbooks.bsky.social anthology from 1993 - fascinating to flip the usual "where are they now" to "where were they then"

It’s the official publication day of To Walk the Way: One Pilgrim’s Camino by Mike Timms. Thanks to everyone who braved the elements to attend the launch event in The Gutter Bookshop, it was a really special evening. A big shout-out to Marta & Sarah in Gutter for their warm hospitality, as always!

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

It's #IrelandReads day - what are you reading today? For me it's Home Economics by Caitriona Lally, a memoir due out this April, and Night Watch by Terry Pratchett, an old favourite. @newislandbooks.bsky.social

‘We have two words for fans of Irish myths: buckle up!’ said Aoife K. Walsh, of New Island. @newislandbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/new-island-a...

Wooooo hooo. Delighted to announce this today. Thank you @newislandbooks.bsky.social for bringing me in to your good house

New Island is thrilled to announce it has signed Clare Murphy, a rising star of Irish storytelling, for her first book, The Spanking Goddess and Other Discarded Tales. www.newisland.ie/new-island-a... @storyclare.bsky.social

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

It’s Paperback Publication Day of #CityGirlsForever and we’re also celebrating the fabulous GALENTINES DAY for all my lovely Gals over on FB, with a prize of the whole series (🙏 @simonandschuster.bsky.social and @newislandbooks.bsky.social,) and some yummy chocs, if anyone would like to enter. 🙂

Bold and thought-provoking, self-deprecating and soaked in Lally’s singular voice, her third book and first memoir tackles head on failure, economics and ideas of what a writer should be. Home Economics by Caitríona Lally publishes April 24th. Pre-order available via newisland.ie

Coming in April from Caitríona Lally via @newislandbooks.bsky.social - Home Economics, the first non-fiction book from the Rooney Prize winning author. Currently reading an advance proof of this, it's realy really good. One that will feature on many 'best of' lists this year. #speirgorm