📗Meg Grehan reviews Shorelines, by Ruth Ennis📗 @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @megcathwrites.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/beauty-and-p...

🌼Happy launch day to Ruth Ennis!🌼 ❤️Ruth is our fab children's books reviewer & is such a supportive, generous, & talented person—we wish her and Shorelines all the success in the world ❤️ @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @rurooie.bsky.social

⭐Ten beauties on the shortlist for the 2026 Children's Books Ireland Awards⭐ @childrensbooksireland.ie @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/shortlist-re...

⭐Ten beauties on the shortlist for the 2026 @childrensbooksireland.ie awards ⭐ Find them all here, and at @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/shortlist-re...

Honestly can't really believe I'm typing this. I'm inviting you all to the Shorelines book launch 🧜🏻‍♀️ I'm actually finding it a bit hard to put into words how important this is to me. I've spent so much of my life being shaped by stories, and now I get to shape others with my own. 1/2

📗Our friends over at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social have published all the juicy opportunities for you this February📗 booksirelandmagazine.com/competitions...

📗The London Book Fair is moving to Excel for 2027 to ensure a more inclusive and accessible event📗 @theobrienpress.bsky.social @newislandbooks.bsky.social @publishingtraining.bsky.social @literatureireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/new-venue-fo...

📗Read an extract from Filly, by Rosamund Taylor— a novel in verse about sexual awakening, masochistic love, and the transformative possibilities of community 📗@bansheepress.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/an-extract-f...

📗January is nearly over—see which new books are coming out in February in our fully searchable database First Flush!📗 @theobrienpress.bsky.social @mercierpress.bsky.social @charleenhurtubise.bsky.social @bansheepress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/first-flush-...

Minister Patrick O’Donovan responds to the EAC Review of the Governance and Organisational Culture of the Arts Council of Ireland booksirelandmagazine.com/significant-...

📗María Correas and Enda Kenneally on setting up the bi-lingual publishing house Ybernia 📗 @ybernia-books.bsky.social @literatureireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/ybernia-bili...

“Bookshops are having a renaissance here in the north of Ireland and it’s exciting!” 📗Elk Books is a dream realised for owner Helene Heaney📗 Read all about this beautiful bookshop in Warrenpoint ⬇️ @bookshop.org booksirelandmagazine.com/bookshops-ar...

📗Did you make a resolution for 2026 to send out your poetry? The Strokestown International Poetry Competition is now open for submissions!📗 @poetryireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/strokestown-...

📗The Books Ireland bestseller lists are compiled monthly, with data supplied by Nielsen📗 booksirelandmagazine.com/books-irelan...

📗Judges for the Cúirt New Writing Prize 2026 are Eimear McBride, Susannah Dickey, Molly Hennigan & Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh📗 @cuirtfestival.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/eimear-mcbri...

"It’s hard to get away from Ulysses, isn’t it, the lodestone of literature, teaching us that every moment holds multitudes of entwining realities (an idea I made use of in The Fox of Kensal Green)." @saltpublishing.com @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/qa-with-rich...

📗Glass, by Gráinne O'Brien will be published by Little Island in 2027📗 @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/little-islan...

📗 Some gorgeous titles here as Ruth Ennis chooses books with a touch of magic for young readers 📗 @rurooie.bsky.social @eilishfisher.bsky.social @emcarrollauthor.bsky.social @charliebyrne.bsky.social @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/magic-realis...

📗David Caron takes a deep dive into 20th century stained glass in Dublin📗 booksirelandmagazine.com/david-caron-...

⭐️Absolutely fantastic opportunity here from Culture Ireland & Literature Ireland for Irish publishers—deadline is the end of January⭐️ @literatureireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/culture-irel...

📗Tony Canavan explores the fascinating life of Booker shortlisted author Caroline Blackwood 📗 booksirelandmagazine.com/the-fascinat...

📗Love your bookseller? Nominate them for The O'Brien Bookseller of the Year! 📗 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/obrien-books...

Brrrrr. Here we are in a frosty, sparkly new year. Wondering what books are out this month? 📗First Flush lists all Irish-authored, Irish-published, & Irish-interest books each month. See what's new or browse the database!📗 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/new-year-new...

🔥The one and only Elaine Feeney is the latest guest on Burning Books 🔥 And that's a wrap for 2025! It's been some year. Huge thanks to @artscouncilireland.bsky.social, @wordwellbooks.bsky.social—and of course you, for listening. 🔔Have yourselves a merry little Christmas, and see you next year🔔

After almost a decade of correspondence, exchange of work and editorial activities, Chris Campanioni (New Jersey) and Christodoulos Makris (Dublin) met in person in New York City in January 2025. Here, they reflect on each other's work. @cmakris.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/work-that-ha...

Neil Hegarty reviews the vivid and inventive new collection The Marionette and the Maestro, by Tanya Farrelly (Arlen House) @neilhegarty.bsky.social @arlenhouse.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/control-horr...

⭐️A clear majority of MEPs have adopted an amendment to exclude printed products, including books, from EUDR⭐️ Ivan O'Brien on an important decision for publishers booksirelandmagazine.com/books-and-pr...

❤️The appeal is simple: donate the price of a book (how much that book costs is up to you) to reach a target of €20,000❤️ You can donate here: www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/r... @rickoshea.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/rick-oshea-b...

All of us at Books Ireland and Wordwell are saddened to hear about the death of Des Kenny, a bookseller beloved by authors, readers, and publishers throughout Ireland. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. booksirelandmagazine.com/remembering-...

⭐Gradam Love Leabhar Gaeilge Leabhar Ficsin Gaeilge na Bliana 2025 bronnta ar Bódléar le Darach Ó Scolaí ⭐ @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social @leabharbreac.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/leabhar-fics...

Rosemary Jenkinson discusses the thrilling prospects of a playscript and her new publication Manichea: A Play on Cancellation @arlenhouse.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/rosemary-jen...

Weights and Measures by Jane Fraser is an unhurried historical novel that ends as surprisingly for the characters as the reader. 📕We're delighted to present an extract today📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/an-extract-f...

⭐️The Society for Young Publishers host an accessible, online panel focused on the agent-author relationship and strategic career development in publishing⭐️ @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/a-guide-to-l...

'...I made the ‘mistake’ of listening to Patrick read the audiobook on one of my walks on a little bohereen and got such fit of laughing that I fell into a ditch.' 📕A lovely Q&A with Olivia Hope📕 @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social @patrickfreyne.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/qa-olivia-ho...

❤️Gill Perdue is the latest guest on Burning Books!❤️ 🔥Tune in, wherever you listen🔥 @gillperdue.bsky.social @ruthmckee.bsky.social

⭐ Deirdre Kelly has won the National Gallery of Ireland Sarah Cecilia Harrison Essay Prize 2025 for 'Kathleen Fox: Chronicler of Irish History' ⭐ @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/deirdre-kell...

The Dublin Literary Award is the most valuable prize in the world for a single work of fiction, worth €100,000 to the winner. booksirelandmagazine.com/nominations-...

Watch/listen/read—the first page of Tanya Farrelly's new collection, The Marionette and the Maestro, read by the author ❤️ @arlenhouse.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/the-first-pa...

Need a good news story? Read about the resurgence of the basking shark in Irish waters 🦈 An extract from Beneath Irish Seas: The Hidden Wonders of Ireland’s Amazing Marine Life, by Nigel Motyer (Merrion Press) booksirelandmagazine.com/resurgence-r...

‘It’s so much more than a book, it’s the gift of reading which can be lifelong and life-changing for a child.’ Children’s Books Ireland launch their annual Gift a Book appeal @childrensbooksireland.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/childrens-bo...

Meg Grehan talks with Aimee Godfrey about poetry & disability 📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/stop-means-t...

⭐Well, she's arrived—the 2026 Irish Writers Handbook⭐ Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently! wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro... @stomaselli.bsky.social @janecasey.bsky.social @niamhgarvey.bsky.social @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

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...