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One Dublin One Book: meet the writers who got the capital reading

The Irish Writers Centre in collaboration with Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, supported by Dublin City Council, has released the latest installment of its series Dublin, One City, Many Stories

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Esther Is Now Following You by Tanya Sweeney - read an extract

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New Writing: What Remains by Brais Lamela

Wake up - author Dave Rudden on his first book for adults

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WTF Happened: The legacy and impact of #WakingTheFeminists

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When rave culture hit Ireland - Donegal days to Berghain nights

'Edna O'Brien is best known for her era-defining novels like The Country Girls, but dismiss her short stories at your peril.'

10 of the best Irish short story collections

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New Writing: This Is Not a Cookbook by Roxana Manouchehri

Randal Plunkett, Baron of Dunsany, poses in the grounds of his seat Dunsany Castle, in Dunsany, northwest of Dublin, Ireland, on October 13, 2021. - Randal Plunkett, the 21st Baron of Dunsany, strides out of his Irish castle in a t-shirt bearing the name

Meet the reluctant aristocrat who returned his estate to nature

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Dublin goes wild - Éanna Ní Lamhna on the capital's biodiversity

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'Treat people well.' Daniel O'Donnell on living creatively

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How fiddler Tommie Potts recorded a Irish traditional masterpiece

Cheerful young boy holding up a white and blue toy airplane, looking at it with wonder and a smile. Studio portrait shot against a solid blue background

RTÉ KIDS Book Club: Great reads about discoveries and inventions

5 November 2025; Children’s Books Ireland Event, Children’s Books Ireland – Every Child A Reader event Dublin, Karen Harte and Shane Hegarty, Champion of Reading with pupils in the Library, Scoil Chronáin, St. Cronan's school, Swords, Dublin. Picture cred

5 ways to be a children's books champion in 2026

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Keith Donald, pictured on the cover of his memoir Music & Mayhem

Book Of The Week: Musician Keith Donald's diaries from the edge

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Book Of The Week: The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine

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Book Of The Week: Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney

Book Of The Week: Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeney

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Our Song - author Anna Carey (Pic: Brid O'Donovan)

Book Of The Week: Our Song by Anna Carey

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The Emperor Of Gladness - author Ocean Vuong (Pic: Getty)

Book Of The Week: The Emperor Of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

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Book Of The Week: Open, Heaven by Sean Hewitt

Book Of The Week: Open, Heaven by Sean Hewitt

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Book Of The Week: Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld

Book Of The Week: Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld

Roisin O'Donnell (Pic: Ruth Medjber)

Book Of The Week: Nesting by Roisin O'Donnell

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Roddy Doyle reurns to his character Paula Spencer in his new book

How Roddy Doyle beat the sequel slump with Paula Spencer's return

Book Of The Week: The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes

Book Of The Week: The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes

Book Of The Week: Openings by Lucy Caldwell

Book Of The Week: Openings by Lucy Caldwell

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Gerald Boland, as pictured on the cover of Stephen Kelly's new biography

Book Of The Week: David McCullagh on the life of Gerald Boland

New Writing

Oddbody by Rose Keating - read an extract

Oddbody is a collection of ten bold and unsettling short stories that confront themes of desire, fear and shame

The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway - read an extract

Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way by Elaine Feeney - read an extract

To Avenge A Dead Glacier by Shane Tivenan - read an extract

To Avenge A Dead Glacier by Shane Tivenan - read an extract

Book Club

Book Club - your one-stop bluffer's guide to RTÉ's new series

Book Club - your one-stop bluffer's guide to RTÉ's new series

Missing Book Club? Don't worry, we've got more recommended reads

Missing Book Club? Don't worry, we've got more recommended reads

Prophet Song - author Paul Lynch

Book Club: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Book Club: Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? - author Séamas O'Reilly

Book Club: Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? by Séamas O'Reilly

Soldier Sailor - author Claire Kilroy

Book Club: Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy

The Fraud - author Zadie Smith

Book Club: The Fraud by Zadie Smith

The Bee Sting - author Paul Murray

Book Club: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Country Girls - author Edna O'Brien

Book Club: The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien