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Eilish Fisher: "If ghosts exist, what else could exist?"

The We Love Books Podcast is ringing in the spooky season with multi award-winning author Eilish Fisher! Listen here now and wherever you get your podcasts.

We Love Books • 01 Oct 25

Sunday Miscellany remembers poet Michael Hartnett

Memories of when he first became aware of 'the poet'

Sunday Miscellany • 30 Sep 25

Stars of the sea - the new book celebrating famous Irish mariners

Ireland has a rich history of famous – and infamous – mariners: from our earliest navigators, who may have reached North America – by currach – a thousand years before Columbus, to daring polar explorers Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean.

Books • 22 Sep 25

Twilight at 20: the many afterlives of Stephenie Meyer's vampires

The book series of the same name has sold over 160 million copies, been translated into 38 languages and adapted into five blockbuster films.

Opinion and Analysis • 23 Sep 25

The Art of Reading: Belinda McKeon talks to Colm Tóibín

The Art of Reading is a monthly book club hosted by Colm Tóibín, the Laureate for Irish Fiction.

Culture Night 2025 • 19 Sep 25

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

'Writing for young children I am so aware that they experience giant firsts all the time...' Childrens' author Olivia Hope introduces her new picture book, The Lonely Only Dinosaur, illustrated by Anna Süßbauer.

Books • 24 Sep 25

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'

Irish author Sally Rooney has been advised she "can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest" due to her support for the banned organisation Palestine Action.

Books • 18 Sep 25

Book Of The Week: New Arcana by Jessica Traynor

One of the most remarkable things about Jessica Traynor's New Arcana is how successfully it manages to evoke the expansive honesty at the heart of John Berryman's 1969 masterwork The Dream Songs.

Book Of The Week • 29 Sep 25

You're never too old to be a debut author

Never too late: Sylvia Leatham on publishing a debut novel in her 50s

Get Creative • 26 Sep 25

Queer optimism: how Ireland's LGBTQ+ youth movement was built

In his new book How Ireland's LGBTQ+ Youth Movement Was Built: Civil Society in the Pursuit of Social Justice, Dr Michael Barron traces how LGBTQ+ young people in Ireland moved from silence to celebration

History • 13 Sep 25

13 Ways of Looking at Ghosts by Róisín Leggett Bohan

For Culture Night 2025, Guest Editor Belinda McKeon has curated a number of works from emerging creative talents of note...

Culture Night 2025 • 19 Sep 25

Searching for Grandfather - a poem by by Rafael Mendes

For Culture Night 2025, Guest Editor Belinda McKeon has curated a number of works from emerging creative talents

Culture Night 2025 • 19 Sep 25

Wild things - tales of loss and rebirth from Irish nature

Conor W. O'Brien's new book The Living and The Dead - Tales of Loss and Rebirth from Irish Natu

Nature • 16 Sep 25

Book Of The Week: Sinéad O'Connor and the writers she inspired

A new book, Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O'Connor Means to Us, edited by Sonya Huber and Martha Bayne, brings together 25 essays inspired by the singer.

Book Of The Week • 15 Sep 25

Pure Innocent Boy by Patrick Doherty - read an extract

For Culture Night 2025, Guest Editor Belinda McKeon has curated a number of works from emerging creative talents of note...

Culture Night 2025 • 19 Sep 25

Short reads: 10 great books you can finish in a day

In a world where time is scarce and attention spans are stretched thin, short books offer literary escape without long commitment - these ten bangers prove that powerful writing isn't measured by volume.

Listicles • 14 Mar

Brendan O'Connor and Manchán Magan in studio

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

The writer and broadcaster talks to Brendan about his cancer diagnosis, his new book about the Irish and the weather and about how we're all connected.

Highlights • 06 Oct 25

The stories and lore of Ireland's rivers

Flowing from source to sea, our rivers are the life-blood of Ireland.

Folklore • 15 Sep 25

Slow Horses author Mick Herron on the latest book in the series

The bestselling author talks about the inspiration for his Slow Horses spy novels and the Irish connection to the ninth title in the series, Clown Town.

Highlights • 16 Sep 25

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

For this RTÉjr Book Club we share a small slice of a new reading guide from Children's Books Ireland - The Best Irish Books of 2025.

RTÉjr Book Club • 15 Sep 25

Eilish Fisher: "If ghosts exist, what else could exist?"

Sunday Miscellany remembers poet Michael Hartnett

Stars of the sea - the new book celebrating famous Irish mariners

Twilight at 20: the many afterlives of Stephenie Meyer's vampires

The Art of Reading: Belinda McKeon talks to Colm Tóibín

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

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

Book Of The Week: New Arcana by Jessica Traynor

You're never too old to be a debut author

Queer optimism: how Ireland's LGBTQ+ youth movement was built

13 Ways of Looking at Ghosts by Róisín Leggett Bohan

Searching for Grandfather - a poem by by Rafael Mendes

Wild things - tales of loss and rebirth from Irish nature

Book Of The Week: Sinéad O'Connor and the writers she inspired

Pure Innocent Boy by Patrick Doherty - read an extract

Short reads: 10 great books you can finish in a day

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

The stories and lore of Ireland's rivers

Slow Horses author Mick Herron on the latest book in the series

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

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