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Aingeala Flannery, author of The Amusements (Pic: Brid O'Donovan)

The best Irish books of 2022 so far

Books • 22 Nov 22

Book Of The Week: Ruth and Pen by Emilie Pine

Books • 04 Jun 22

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Culture 5 • 20 May 22

Meet Ruth & Pen - Emilie Pine on her fiction debut

RTÉ Arena • 15 May 22

Edel Coffey's debut novel Breaking Point is due this January

5 Irish literary debuts to watch in 2022

Books • 08 Jan 22

Shelf Analysis: Emilie Pine talks to Rick O'Shea

In the latest episode, Rick talks to acclaimed Notes To Self author Emilie Pine - watch above.

Shelf Analysis • 11 Oct 20

Emile Pine has helped renew popularity of the personal essay in Ireland

Inventing their truths: how Irish writers reinvented the essay

James Patterson explores the recent non-fiction boom in Ireland.

Culture • 19 Apr 20

Listen: Writer Emilie Pine takes the Mystery Train

Notes to Self writer Emilie Pine picks the music on the Mystery Train Sunday Service on RTÉ lyric fm - Emilie talks to John Kelly about her writing success, and how loss and joy can co-exist.

Mystery Train • 02 Sep 19

Listen: Emilie Pine, Sinead Gleeson and Ian Maleney on the essay

Emilie Pine, Sinead Gleeson and Ian Maleney, who will discuss the art of the essay at this year's Cúirt Festival, talked to Sean Rocks on RTÉ Radio 1's Arena about the medium

Books • 04 Apr 19

Emilie Pine wins Irish Book of the Year prize

The acclaimed essay collection Notes to Self by Emilie Pine has been voted the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2018.

Books • 29 Jan 19

Sinead's picks include books by Donal Ryan (top left) and Emilie Pine (bottom right)

Sinead Crowley's Best Books Of 2018

I'm going to start this year with non-fiction as, unusually for me, some of my favourite books in 2018 came from this category.

Books • 15 Dec 18

Liz Nugent winner of RTÉ Radio 1's The Ryan Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice Award for her book Skin Deep, with Ryan Tubridy

In The Picture: The 2018 Irish Book Awards winners

This year's An Post Irish Book Awards celebrated the cream of Ireland's literary crop, as a new generation of talents dominated proceedings, from Novel Of The Year winner Sally Rooney to Popular Fiction winners Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen.

Irish Book Awards • 30 Nov 18

Sally Rooney, winner of the Novel Of The Year prize at the Irish Book Awards

Female writers rule at Irish Book Awards

An exceptionally strong year for female writing was celebrated at this year's An Post Irish Book Awards, with women authors dominating the winners list for first time ever.

Books • 28 Nov 18

Well Red - notes on the Red Line Book Festival

Helen McMahon, Red Line Book Festival programmer and librarian with South Dublin Libraries, looks forward to a jam-packed eighth edition of the festival, which runs Oct 8th – 14th.

Books • 10 Oct 18

Culture & Me with Emilie Pine - Banter at Culture Night

For Culture Night 2018, Banter's Culture & Me saw Emilie Pine talking to Banter host Jim Carroll about the role and influence of arts and culture on her life and work. Listen to their conversation above.

Books • 24 Sep 18

Notes to Self by Emilie Pine - read an exclusive extract

Notes to Self is a collection of personal essays by Emilie Pine, who lectures in the School of English, Drama and Film at UCD – it is the first non-fiction title published by Tramp Press.

Books • 29 Jul 18

Author Emilie Pine on the catharsis of candour

"Writing truthfully about being alive" is how Arena host Sean Rocks described Notes to Self, a 6-part collection of essays by Emilie Pine.

Books • 26 Jul 18

Emilie Pine: skillful conviction in guiding the reader to the most intimate of destinations

Reviewed: Notes to Self by Emilie Pine

From novels like Jenny Offill's Department of Speculation, to essays from writers including Deborah Levy and Rifka Galchen, it's a rewarding time to be a reader interested in the female experience, and Emilie Pine's new collection will fit in well.

Culture • 16 Jul 18

Emilie Pine