Books Ireland
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Established 1976. Reviews, news, features on Irish books and writing, database of all upcoming books each month. Podcast #BurningBooks. Editor Ruth McKee.
🎬Colm Keegan reads ‘What Time is It?’ from his new collection CAMCORDER (Salmon Poetry)🎬 @salmonpoetry.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/colm-keegan-...
Colm Keegan reads 'What Time is It?' - Books Ireland
Colm Keegan reads 'What Time is It?' from his new collection Camcorder (Salmon Poetry).
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'Whether you’re an independent press, an academic publisher, or an emerging voice, this is a chance to relax, recharge, and look ahead to the year to come.' booksirelandmagazine.com/publishing-i...
Publishing Ireland conference kicks off in November - Books Ireland
Publishing Horizons: Meeting the Present, Creating the Future takes place on 13 November.
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'I’m a firm believer that our books should be lived in—I love making dog ears, underlining and writing notes on pages.' 📕Q&A with Sinéad Ní Scolaí, debut author of Fite Fuaite san Fharraige📕 @childrensbooksireland.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/qa-with-debu...
Q&A with debut author Sinéad Ní Scolaí - Books Ireland
Our Books Q&A with Sinéad Ní Scolaí, debut author of Fite Fuaite san Fharraige (LeabhairCOMHAR).
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📕'This is a novel of artistry about art'—Rosemary Jenkinson reviews GLORIOUS MONSTERS by Martina Devlin📕 @lilliputpress.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/writers-go-w...
Writers Go Wild in Rome—Glorious Monsters, by Martina Devlin - Books Ireland
Glorious Monsters by Martina Devlin is a novel of artistry about art.
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⭐Congratulations to the 12 bookshops who have made the longlist for this year’s An Post Bookshop of the Year!⭐ 💚Where would we be without you💚 @booksatonedublin.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social @woodbinebooks.bsky.social @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/an-post-book...
An Post Bookshop of the Year longlist revealed - Books Ireland
Twelve bookshops around Ireland have made the longlist for this year’s An Post Bookshop of the Year.
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🎬 Courtney Darby reads ‘info-dumping as a form of intimacy in the Anthropocene’ 🎬 📕Catch her, Eoin Kelly, Pauline Flynn, Mai Ishikawa, Joshua Beatty, Eoin P. Ó Murchú & Orlaith Ní Icí at @poetryireland.bsky.social Introductions @dublinbookfest.bsky.social📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/poetry-happe...
Poetry Happening—Courtney Darby - Books Ireland
Courtney Darby will be taking part in Poetry Ireland Introductions at the Dublin Book Festival.
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📕The Lit, Europe’s first youth-led festival of reading and writing returns to Waterford City this October📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/the-lit-retu...
The Lit returns to Waterford this October - Books Ireland
Europe's first youth-led festival The Lit returns to Waterford this October.
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📕Join Dr Audrey Whitty as she opens Culture Night 2026 with a special Director’s Tour of the National Library📕 @nlireland.bsky.social @culturenightdub.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/culture-nigh...
Culture Night at the National Library of Ireland - Books Ireland
The National Library is for everyone—and is open throughout the evening on Culture Night.
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📕An extract from a fine, lyrical essay by Catherine Gander📕 From Beyond Ourselves: Contemporary Poets on Muriel Rukeyser @poetryireland.bsky.social @catgander.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/catherine-ga...
'Rukeyser describes the reawakening of deep knowledge that a poem can evoke'—Catherine Gander - Books Ireland
An extract from Beyond Ourselves: Contemporary Poets on Muriel Rukeyser, edited by Catherine Gander & Stefania Heim (West Virginia University Press).
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"If I didn’t have poetry as a way of exploring my world, I don’t know how much I’d have spent on therapy.” 📕Nessa O'Mahony talks to Sue Leonard📕 @nessao.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @arlenhouse.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/its-about-on...
'It’s about one woman opening doors for the next'—Nessa O'Mahony - Books Ireland
Poet and editor Nessa O’Mahony talks to Sue Leonard.
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📕Tristan Rosenstock reads from Inis Mara (LeabhairComhar)📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/tristan-rose...
Tristan Rosenstock reads from Inis Mara 3 - Books Ireland
We present an extract from Inis Mara 3, the third book in the popular series by Tristan Rosenstock, illustrated by Mark Wickham (LeabhairCOMHAR).
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📕Whoosh....what was that? I think that's September, doing its usual thing (taking ages to get here, then arriving in running shoes). Want to know what books are out this month? Look no further! Check out our fully searchable data base📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/
New First Flush - Books Ireland
Search our database for all upcoming Irish published, Irish author-ed, and Irish-interest books every month.
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'We believe that there is immense social value in inviting children to participate in and understand the political structures that shape their world and its future.' @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/little-islan...
Little Island bring EU to life in landmark children's book - Books Ireland
Little Island & Department of Foreign Affairs launch children's book to mark Ireland's EU Presidency.
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Dublin Book Festival is one of the best and brightest literary festivals on the island—and it's celebrating TWENTY YEARS this year! 🥳👏🍾 The 2026 programme has just been released, so you can snap up your tickets here🔥: dublinbookfestival.com/explore-the-... @dublinbookfest.bsky.social #dbf26
"If you publish close to a hundred writers, you immediately have close to a hundred people with an unusually strong reason to buy that book." 📕An interesting opinion piece by J.M.Lane📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/when-publica...
When publication comes with a price - Books Ireland
J.M.Lane asks whether he's the writer—or the customer.
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‘Don’t lend a book that’s too precious to part with’—our books Q&A with Máire Zepf @futafata.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/dont-lend-a-...
'Don't lend a book that’s too precious to part with'—Q&A with Máire Zepf - Books Ireland
Máire Zepf talks all things bookish in our Q&A.
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⭐Congratulations to Annemarie Ní Churreáin and Pat Boran, winners of the Michael Hartnett Prize 2026!⭐ @poetryireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/annemarie-ni...
Annemarie Ní Churreáin and Pat Boran win Michael Hartnett Poetry Award 2026 - Books Ireland
Annemarie Ní Churreáin and Pat Boran are the winners of the prestigious Michael Hartnett Poetry Award 2026.
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Looking for some stand out picturebooks recommendations? You know where to look 👇
Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 2mo ago📕Ruth Ennis chooses unique and memorable picture books to add to your shelves—some beautiful titles here📕 @childrensbooksireland.ie @rurooie.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/unique-and-m...
📕Ruth Ennis chooses unique and memorable picture books to add to your shelves—some beautiful titles here📕 @childrensbooksireland.ie @rurooie.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/unique-and-m...
Unique and memorable picture books to add to your shelves - Books Ireland
These four unique picture books absolutely earn their place on your shelves.
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'In Sheila Armstrong’s The Red Mouth (Bloomsbury),characters find themselves obsessed, transfixed, and in ways unable to escape from the wet, earthy landscape.' @dublincityoflit.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/the-red-mouth/
Prose which leaps off the page and canters through time and space—The Red Mouth - Books Ireland
by Claudia Dalby
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We’re delighted to see Cathal Póirtéir’s review of 'Glór ón Sceilg: Scríbhinní le Mícheál Ua Ciarmhaic' published today by @booksireland.bsky.social . Póirtéir describes the collection as “a feast of traditional life and lore”. Read the full review: bit.ly/3UElkQw
📕Something Loose Inside My Head by Jamie O'Connell is about growing up gay in a Jehovah’s Witness family in rural North Cork📕 @merrionpress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/merrion-pres...
Merrion Press signs extraordinary memoir by Jamie O’Connell - Books Ireland
Something Loose Inside My Head by Jamie O'Connell is about growing up gay in a Jehovah’s Witness family in rural North Cork.
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📕'The scope of this issue is wide and impressive, the pieces expertly curated and sequenced'—Meg Grehan on issue 03 of fallow 📕 @megcathwrites.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/fallow-beaut...
Fallow—beautifully curated, fresh ideas, bold stylistic choices - Books Ireland
Issue three of fallow is a beautifully curated collection of writing full of fresh ideas, bold stylistic choices and fascinating perspectives.
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'Michael Davitt’s Gleann ar ghleann persuaded me it was okay to be from Cork and write poems in Irish.' @eabhloid.bsky.social @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/qa-louis-de-...
'Davitt’s collection persuaded me it was okay to write poems in Irish'—Louis de Paor - Books Ireland
Poet Louis de Paor talks all things bookish for our Q&A.
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⭐Congratulations to the winners of this year's IDNC!⭐ @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/winners-of-i...
Winners of International Debut Novel Competition 2026 - Books Ireland
IDNC attracts entries from 38 countries as Irish Writers Centre celebrates its 35th anniversary.
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"It is so important that the stories of children growing up in poverty are told, and that they are written by people who have lived those experiences." @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/little-islan...
Little Island Books signs Katriona O’Sullivan’s children’s debut - Books Ireland
Little Island Books will publish the first children’s books from Katriona O’Sullivan, author of the bestsellers Poor and Hungry.
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📕New Island Books marks 30 years of Are You Somebody? by Nuala O’Faolain with free programme of events📕 @newislandbooks.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/new-island-h...
New Island hosts free events on the art of the memoir - Books Ireland
New Island Books marks 30 years of Are You Somebody? by Nuala O'Faolain with free programme of events.
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📕"...unashamedly cerebral, reflective, wise, academic, and literary—and a defence of the true spirit of enquiry and creativity."📕 A fine review by Eoghan Smith of Clara and Christina by Andrew Cunning (John Murray) @johnmurrays.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/cerebral-ref...
Cerebral, reflective, wise, academic & literary—Clara and Christina - Books Ireland
Clara and Christina is unashamedly cerebral, reflective, wise, academic, & literary, and a defence of the true spirit of enquiry and creativity.
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