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RTÉjr Book Club: Class Reads for back to school time

In this month's RTÉjr Book Club we are getting set for back to school time with Children's Books Ireland's Class Reads reading guide.

RTÉjr Book Club • 04 Aug 25

The 13 books on the longlist for the Booker Prize

Trinidadian-Irish writer makes Booker Prize longlist

The longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced with no Irish-born authors included this year.

Books • 29 Jul 25

'Tara spends many hours of her life on her phone.' (Pic: Getty)

Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn - read an extract

Teeming with compassion and thrumming with energy, the stories in Every One Still Here are scrupulous in their attention to detail, epic in their scope.

Books • 28 Jul 25

10 of the best independent bookshops in Ireland

With the rise of virtual stores, mobile-friendly subscriptions and Kindles, these stalwarts maintain that the proof is in the pages.

Listicles • 28 Jul 25

Music and Mayhem by Keith Donald - read an extract

Music and Mayhem charts the immersive and explosive life of one of Ireland's most important musicians, and the golden decade of Irish music he was at the very centre of.

Books • 17 Jul 25

Poem Of The Week: During the Genocide by Jessica Traynor

I am a bad, impatient mother / I shout at my kids, push them away, because every night when I dream

Poem Of The Week • 27 Jul 25

Something for the Weekend: Rose Keating's cultural picks

Oddbody, the debut collection from Waterford author Rose Keating is a collection of ten bold, surreal and unsettling short stories...

Something For The Weekend • 24 Jul 25

Monaghan by Timothy O'Grady - read an extract

Moving from West Belfast and County Monaghan to the streets of San Francisco, Timothy O'Grady's exhilarating new novel is an epic portrait of art and war, authenticity and selling out, told through the fates of three men.

Books • 25 Jul 25

Show Me Where It Hurts by Clare Gleeson - read an extract

Rachel lives with her husband Tom and their two children: it's the ordinary family life she always thought she'd have. All of that changes in an instant...

Books • 21 Jul 25

This Interm Time by Oona Frawley - read an extract

How do we make sense of the world in their wake? And how do we balance love in the present with memory of the past?

Books • 22 Jul 25

Kenny's legendary bookshop and art gallery in Galway

Get Creative: On writing a novel - getting your work out there

Ever dreamed of writing a novel but didn't know where to start? Now's the perfect time to pick up your pen (or keyboard) and dive into the world of storytelling.

Get Creative • 20 Jul 25

The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway - read an extract

Returning from Brazil with his wife and daughter, Oisìn is looking to rebuild a life in Ireland and reconnect with his mother, Brigid, who has early onset Alzheimer's.

Books • 18 Jul 25

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

Claire O'Connor's life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved from cosmopolitan London back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father.

Books • 15 Jul 25

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne announced as new Laureate for Irish Fiction

The Arts Council has announces Éilís Ní Dhuibhne as the new Laureate for Irish Fiction.

Books • 14 Jul 25

Vona Groarke is the new Ireland Professor of Poetry

Vona Groarke announced as new Ireland Professor of Poetry

One of the most prestigious positions in poetry, the Ireland Professor of Poetry, was today announced by the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust.

Poetry • 09 Jul 25

Get Creative: On writing a novel – notes on editing your book

Ever dreamed of writing a novel but didn't know where to start?

Get Creative • 13 Jul 25

ChatGPT vs. the poet: Can AI Imitate Rita Ann Higgins?

The Brendan O'Connor Show on RTÉ Radio 1 were joined by celebrated poet Rita Ann Higgins and entrepreneur and journalist, Mark Little for a rather fascinating experiment.

Poetry • 14 Jul 25