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
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
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
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
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
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
The Sins Of Armstrong House by A O'Connor - read an extract At a lavish wedding in Armstrong House, a mysterious guest shakes Kate and Nico Collins with shocking claims about Clara, Nico's grandfather's first wife. Books • 15 Sep
The Sins Of Armstrong House by A O'Connor - read an extract At a lavish wedding in Armstrong House, a mysterious guest shakes Kate and Nico Collins with shocking claims about Clara, Nico's grandfather's first wife. Books • 15 Sep
The Grand Central Cinema Club by Alan Nolan - read an extract We present an extract from The Grand Central Cinema Club, the new book for younger readers writen by Alan Nolan and illustrated by Shane Cluskey, set in 1937 Dublin... Books • 08 Sep
The Grand Central Cinema Club by Alan Nolan - read an extract We present an extract from The Grand Central Cinema Club, the new book for younger readers writen by Alan Nolan and illustrated by Shane Cluskey, set in 1937 Dublin... Books • 08 Sep
Why Tupac's music and politics still resonate with the Irish We present an extract from Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur, the new book by Dean Van Nguyen. Books • 03 Aug
Why Tupac's music and politics still resonate with the Irish We present an extract from Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur, the new book by Dean Van Nguyen. Books • 03 Aug
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin - read an extract After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents, Shell Pine needs some help. And according to the sign in the window, the florist shop in the mall does too. Books • 14 Jul
Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin - read an extract After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents, Shell Pine needs some help. And according to the sign in the window, the florist shop in the mall does too. Books • 14 Jul
Crowfield House by Monica Mc Guinness -read an extract Crowfield, Nora's ancestral home, a falling-down mausoleum, eerie, empty, waiting for a new family... Books • 10 Jul
Crowfield House by Monica Mc Guinness -read an extract Crowfield, Nora's ancestral home, a falling-down mausoleum, eerie, empty, waiting for a new family... Books • 10 Jul
Best Friends by Andrew Meehan - read an excerpt June cleans houses. Ray is a janitor at the public tennis courts in Dun Laoghaire. He's not romantic material; she's not even friend material. Books • 07 Jul
Best Friends by Andrew Meehan - read an excerpt June cleans houses. Ray is a janitor at the public tennis courts in Dun Laoghaire. He's not romantic material; she's not even friend material. Books • 07 Jul
Mary Lavin, J.D. Salinger and her path to The New Yorker's pages We present an extract from Gratefully & Affectionately: Mary Lavin & The New Yorker, the new book by Gráinne Hurley. Books • 03 Jul
Mary Lavin, J.D. Salinger and her path to The New Yorker's pages We present an extract from Gratefully & Affectionately: Mary Lavin & The New Yorker, the new book by Gráinne Hurley. Books • 03 Jul
The Brightest Star by Meg Grehan - read an extract Stevie, Chloe and Andrew are starting secondary school, and everything is new and scary... Books • 01 Jul
The Brightest Star by Meg Grehan - read an extract Stevie, Chloe and Andrew are starting secondary school, and everything is new and scary... Books • 01 Jul
In Plain Sight by Joseph Birchall - read an extract Darcy has always dreamed of joining the serious crime detectives of the NBCI. She finally gets her chance to prove herself on what should have been an open-and-shut case... Books • 20 Jun
In Plain Sight by Joseph Birchall - read an extract Darcy has always dreamed of joining the serious crime detectives of the NBCI. She finally gets her chance to prove herself on what should have been an open-and-shut case... Books • 20 Jun
Our Song by Anna Carey - read an extract Tadhg and Laura used to be in a band together.They used to be a lot of things. Books • 11 Jun
Our Song by Anna Carey - read an extract Tadhg and Laura used to be in a band together.They used to be a lot of things. Books • 11 Jun
Twenty-Twenty Vision by Mary Morrissy - read an extract Christine is sitting in her car having a panic attack. At least, that's what she thinks is happening. Books • 22 May
Twenty-Twenty Vision by Mary Morrissy - read an extract Christine is sitting in her car having a panic attack. At least, that's what she thinks is happening. Books • 22 May
Artist Dorothy Cross on returning a mummified body to Egypt We present an extract from Kinship, the new book by celebrated artist Dorothy Cross. Books • 26 May
Artist Dorothy Cross on returning a mummified body to Egypt We present an extract from Kinship, the new book by celebrated artist Dorothy Cross. Books • 26 May
Extracted: Water in the Desert Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night is a novel about mothering, wolves, bicycles, midwifery, post-apocalyptic feminism, gold, hunger and hearth. Books • 17 May
Extracted: Water in the Desert Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night is a novel about mothering, wolves, bicycles, midwifery, post-apocalyptic feminism, gold, hunger and hearth. Books • 17 May
To Avenge A Dead Glacier by Shane Tivenan - read an extract We present an extract from To Avenge A Dead Glacier, the debut short story collection by Shane Tivenan, winner of the RTÉ Francis McManus Short Story Prize and the John McGahern Award. Books • 12 May
To Avenge A Dead Glacier by Shane Tivenan - read an extract We present an extract from To Avenge A Dead Glacier, the debut short story collection by Shane Tivenan, winner of the RTÉ Francis McManus Short Story Prize and the John McGahern Award. Books • 12 May
Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin - read an extract Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend, determined to live day to day and not think too much about either the future or the past... Books • 24 Apr
Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin - read an extract Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend, determined to live day to day and not think too much about either the future or the past... Books • 24 Apr
Writers Anonymous by William Wall - read an extract Fighting off the boredom of lockdown, acclaimed author Jim Winter decides to share his skills by setting up an anonymous online writing workshop – but his generosity will cost him more than he knows. Books • 16 Apr
Writers Anonymous by William Wall - read an extract Fighting off the boredom of lockdown, acclaimed author Jim Winter decides to share his skills by setting up an anonymous online writing workshop – but his generosity will cost him more than he knows. Books • 16 Apr
A Brief Inhalation by Daragh Fleming - read an extract A Brief Inhalation offers readers a candid exploration of the everyday and the extraordinary... Books • 01 Apr
A Brief Inhalation by Daragh Fleming - read an extract A Brief Inhalation offers readers a candid exploration of the everyday and the extraordinary... Books • 01 Apr
