Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is our latest guest on Burning Books 📕 Find it wherever you listen Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

'I chuckled my way through Less by Andrew Sean Greer, a story about a clueless writer on the festival trail, especially the parts in Mexico and Germany. I also loved the humour in Edith by Martina Devlin' @fairlightbooks.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/qa-clare-odea/

⭐️Our lists of new releases for November are out! ⭐️ Check out this month's new titles in our fully searchable data base First Flush—or look back to see what you've missed! 🔽🔽🔽 booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/ @newislandbooks.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @daleneireann.bsky.social

🔥Our latest guest on Burning Books is Brendan Mac Evilly 🔥 @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/burning-book...

The lovely Brendan Mac Evilly is the latest guest on the Burning Books podcast — tune in, wherever you listen 🔥 @ruthmckee.bsky.social

'I think I was eleven when I read the popular psychology title, The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck.' 📕Q&A with Róisín Leggett Bohan📕 @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @howlwriting.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/qa-roisin-le...

⭐Six collections shortlisted for PEN Heaney Prize 2025 ⭐ 📕Judged by Sasha Dugdale, Seán Hewitt & Zaffar Kunial — read what they had to say and find out more about these beautiful books 📕 @poetryireland.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/shortlist-re...

⭐Shortlists for the An Post Irish Book Awards have been announced⭐ (If you're curious about the submission and judging process, you can find more here 🔽🔽🔽) www.irishbookawards.ie/submissions/ booksirelandmagazine.com/shortlists-f...

🌟Find out who will be reading your work in this year's International Debut Novel Competition🌟 @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/six-judges-r...

‘The idea of home has evolved for me—it’s not so much about looking back, but looking forward’ 📗Catch Dagogo Hart at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social on Friday 07th November📗 @rurooie.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/dagogo-hart/

📕This is a wonderful event—the incredible artist Colin Davidson & broadcaster Mark Carruthers in conversation with arts journalist Gemma Tipton at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social 📕 To mark the publication of Twelve Paintings, a beautiful new book (Merrion Press) booksirelandmagazine.com/colin-davids...

"Malak Taj, or Maman Malak as we called her, was a great cook. Her kitchen smelled like butter and sugar – warm, delicious and cosy" 📕A lovely extract from This is not a Cookbook, by Roxana Manouchehri📕 @skeinpress.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/roxana-manou...

A formidable trio are in conversation at the Dublin Book Festival for what promises to be a provocative, challenging, and zesty bilingual event! 📕Ní chuireann sí fiacail ann | She tells it straight📕 @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/ni-chuireann...

We are happy to share our New Writing from Ireland 2025 catalogue, which showcases a selection of the finest Irish writing published each year. You can read it here: www.literatureireland.com/books/new-wr...

'To grow up a queer girl in the Ireland of that time is to pass through a series of small annihilations. Taylor writes those annihilations with exceptional power.' Ruby Eastwood on Filly, by Rosamund Taylor @jesstraynor.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/adolescence-...

📕A fascinating extract from Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844, by Angela Byrne 📕 @historyireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/finding-mary...

📕A reminder of Eoghan Smith’s fine review of All Down Darkness Wide, by Seán Hewitt in Books Ireland today📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/all-down-dar... ⭐Catch Seán Hewitt, Soula Emmanuel & Anne Walsh Donnelly in conversation with Neil Hegarty, at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for Out on the Page⭐

"Aisling agus Tóir: An Slánú i bhFilíocht Shomhairle MhicGill-Eain by Máire Ní Annracháin...convinced me that scholarship plays an invaluable role in preserving, renewing and transmitting a language’s literary tradition." @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/qa-with-mari...

'...an ambitious novel that sets out to depict love in a time of oppression' Anna Heussaff reviews Fiche, by Colm Ó Ceallacháin @leabharbreac.bsky.social @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/dark-humour-...

📕Lots of new releases coming in October! Here is just a small sample (of over 150 titles)—check out our fully searchable database First Flush 📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/ @bansheepress.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

🌟Jessica Traynor reads from her forthcoming collection New Arcana (Bloodaxe Books) over on Books Ireland today!🌟 booksirelandmagazine.com/jessica-tray... 🔥New Arcana launches 02 October @gutterbookshop.bsky.social 🔥 @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social

⭐️Murder One festival hosts a wealth of international crime writing talent—including bestselling authors Gill Perdue, Jane Casey, Andrea Mara, Catherine Ryan Howard, and many more⭐️ 📕Running from the 17 – 19 October📕 @murderonefest.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/murder-one-f...

⭐Fab new reading guide from Children's Books Ireland - download it for free and find it in participating bookshops and libraries nationwide!⭐ @childrensbooksireland.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/childrens-bo...

⭐The Irish monthly bestseller charts are out!⭐ We ALWAYS link to Irish bookshops when a book is available (no Amazon affiliate links here!) 📕See the top 10 in fiction, non-fiction & children's📕 @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/irish-monthl...

⭐️Nominations for the An Post Bookseller of the Year are now open!⭐️ Once you nominate your favourite bookshop, you will also be entered into a draw to win 1 of 3 €100 One4all vouchers. Nominations close at midnight on Friday, 19 September. booksirelandmagazine.com/search-to-fi...

📕 Redefining Love—Ruth Ennis chooses Irish YA fiction 📕 @childrensbooksireland.ie @rurooie.bsky.social @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/redefining-l...

We do love a dog who steals the show! Pictured are Ailbhe Gerrard, founder of the Field Exchange festival, and dog Rikki 🐕‍🦺 Field Exchange takes place at Brookfield farm on the shores of Lough Derg, Co. Tipperary, from September 5—7. booksirelandmagazine.com/field-exchan...

Should the Basic Income for the Arts continue? Should selection be based on economic need, merit, or random selection? Should it stay at €325 per week? You can answer these questions in a quick, anonymous survey here: tinyurl.com/3dvjrkrs booksirelandmagazine.com/have-your-sa...

'You cannot really go back; to return does not mean to rerun.' Damien Donnelly on what he loves about his work with @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social, how he got there, why going back to Paris was a mistake, and what the future holds 📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/industry-pro...

It's open folks!! Time to start agonising over that synopsis... @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/idnc-open-fo...

'Perhaps we are indeed too late, he seems to say—but look closely, listen carefully to what remains.' Maya Kulukundis reviews To Avenge a Dead Glacier, by Shane Tivenan @lilliputpress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/a-writer-att...

'He takes her hand again and places it on the handle of her racquet, twisting her fingers around it. He’s so close she can smell him, aftershave and this morning’s coffee.' Love All, by Michelle Walshe booksirelandmagazine.com/michellewals...

⭐️ Books at One have announced the 21 Irish bookshops who will receive up to €5000 to bring community ideas to life ⭐️ @booksupstairs.bsky.social @rickoshea.bsky.social @booksatonedublin.bsky.social @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/bookshops-wi...

⭐️All change at the Irish Writers Centre who welcome seven new members to their Board of Directors ⭐️ @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/irish-writer...

⭐️Longford Library Services launch innovative Padraic Colum Competition for writers, artists and illustrators⭐️ booksirelandmagazine.com/padraic-colu...

Dublin Book Festival has some gorgeous FREE activities and readings from beautiful books—a lovely line-up for all the family on Sunday 03 August 📕🎨🎼 Find out more over on Books Ireland: tinyurl.com/2x8dyyft @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @leonaforde1.bsky.social

📗Bookselling Ireland announce ambassadors for Irish Book Week 2025 📗 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/bookshops-ar...

It's that time of year again folks...you can start pulling your hair out over your synopsis (why are they so hard?) from the start of August. Good luck! 📕 (Read more here: surli.cc/wvfqjg) @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writershq.bsky.social

📕Ruth Ennis chooses books for young readers with plenty of twists and turns📕 @rurooie.bsky.social @ermurray.bsky.social @guppybooks.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/mice-monster...

Children’s Books Ireland has published a new report which shows almost a quarter of teenagers do not read for pleasure, and that 1 in 5 children under 4 are not being read to. @childrensbooksireland.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/plummeting-r...

Ruth Ennis talks to writer and illustrator Nene Lonergan about early drafts, being believed in, and the line of sight 🎨 @rurooie.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/line-of-sigh...

‘...when community is lost, landscape is left with little choice but to throw shade and speak for itself.’ Seaghan Mac an tSionnaigh reviews the new collection by Diarmuid Johnson 📗 booksirelandmagazine.com/traditional-... @leabharbreac.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social

Victoria Amelina who was killed in Ukraine has posthumously won The Orwell Prize for Political Writing. Donal Ryan spoke on RTÉ 1 about how moving the prize-giving was, & with humility about Heart, Be at Peace, which won the award for political fiction. booksirelandmagazine.com/unfinished-b...

'I really love helping aspiring illustrators, because I distinctly remember the feeling of being on the outside of the industry looking in.' @theobrienpress.bsky.social @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/paul-nugent-...

A quote you can say by heart? 'Ní dual do neach a thigh ná a threabh a thréigean’ —Seán Ó Ríordáin This line means ‘it is not natural for anyone to abandon his house or his tribe’ @gearoidinc.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/qa-gearoidin...

Nuala O’Connor reviews A Crumpled Swan, by David Collard (Sagging Meniscus Press) (We like our Bloomsday connections on the oblique side 😊) Read it in full here: booksirelandmagazine.com/rare-and-mar... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social

'A small drop of menstrual fluid might be soaked into a piece of linen and then stitched into a male emigrant’s clothes.' Rituals of Packing and Departure, by Bernadette Whelan 📕 @nyupress.bsky.social l @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/leaving-for-...

⭐ Our monthly bestseller charts are out! ⭐ See the top ten here: 🔽🔽🔽 booksirelandmagazine.com/irishbestsel... @omahonysbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social

Some of you may be dying to read the rest of Rosemary Jenkinson's story, All About Erin....well now you can! Laganside Lights launches tonight at 6 pm in the American Bar, Belfast, along with Even Still, by Celia de Freine @arlenhouse.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/all-about-er...

☀️A beautiful poem to start your week☀️ Listen to Afric McGlinchey read from her new collection, à la belle étoile (Salmon Poetry)📕 @salmonpoetry.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com?p=61740&prev...