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Meet The Lonely Only Dinosaur: Olivia Hope's new picture book

13 Ways of Looking at Ghosts by Róisín Leggett Bohan

Culture Night 2025

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The Art of Reading: Belinda McKeon talks to Colm Tóibín

Culture Night 2025

Searching for Grandfather - a poem by by Rafael Mendes

Culture Night 2025

Sally Rooney speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel at Winter TCA 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on 17 January, 2020 in Pasadena, California

Sally Rooney: 'I can no longer safely enter the UK'

Montage photo of Bob Geldof and Sally Rooney smiling

Bob Geldof and Sally Rooney honoured at Sky Arts Awards

Sky Arts Awards

Brendan O'Connor and Manchán Magan in studio

"I have no fear of death": Manchán Magan on living with cancer

Wild things - tales of loss and rebirth from Irish nature

Cover of Children's Books Ireland Reading Guide

RTÉjr Book Club: Your guide to the best Irish books of 2025

RTÉjr Book Club

The stories and lore of Ireland's rivers

The Sins Of Armstrong House by A O'Connor - read an extract

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Book Reviews

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

Book Of The Week

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