Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh - read an extract The Traveller families who live in Saint Rita's are on borrowed time. In just a week they will be evicted by the local council, threatening not only their homes but also their history and the stories that have shaped them. Books • 5 hrs
Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh - read an extract The Traveller families who live in Saint Rita's are on borrowed time. In just a week they will be evicted by the local council, threatening not only their homes but also their history and the stories that have shaped them. Books • 5 hrs
Sketches of Maeve Brennan - why her work endures In this collection of essays centered around the life and work of writer Maeve Brennan, ten contemporary Irish writers consider the various meanings of the word 'asylum' Books • 19 Mar
Sketches of Maeve Brennan - why her work endures In this collection of essays centered around the life and work of writer Maeve Brennan, ten contemporary Irish writers consider the various meanings of the word 'asylum' Books • 19 Mar
Sweep The Cobwebs Off The Sky by Mary O'Donnell - read an extract As spring evenings lengthen over Kilnavarn House, two sisters, looking after their infirm mother, navigate the fragile territory between past and present. New Irish Writing • 19 Mar
Sweep The Cobwebs Off The Sky by Mary O'Donnell - read an extract As spring evenings lengthen over Kilnavarn House, two sisters, looking after their infirm mother, navigate the fragile territory between past and present. New Irish Writing • 19 Mar
The Woman in the Water by Henrietta McKervey - read an extract Pearl Day has always lived in the background - companion to her childhood friend, the dazzling and unpredictable Lady Eleanor Nicholson... Books • 10 Mar
The Woman in the Water by Henrietta McKervey - read an extract Pearl Day has always lived in the background - companion to her childhood friend, the dazzling and unpredictable Lady Eleanor Nicholson... Books • 10 Mar
A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello - her new novel extracted In 1985 Dublin, nineteen-year-old Anna Hughes is in thrall to Peter Gallagher, an older, worldly man. Books • 09 Mar
A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello - her new novel extracted In 1985 Dublin, nineteen-year-old Anna Hughes is in thrall to Peter Gallagher, an older, worldly man. Books • 09 Mar
New Irish Writing: Philip O'Ceallaigh's A Short History of Decay As if nothing could fall: Essays on monuments takes us through distant vistas and past worlds, monolithic structures and forgotten ideas. Books • 09 Mar
New Irish Writing: Philip O'Ceallaigh's A Short History of Decay As if nothing could fall: Essays on monuments takes us through distant vistas and past worlds, monolithic structures and forgotten ideas. Books • 09 Mar
The Lock-Keeper's Wife by John McKenna - read an extract After the devastating loss of her two infant children, Julie McDermot is released from a psychiatric institution to a lonely life along the canal. New Irish Writing • 11 Mar
The Lock-Keeper's Wife by John McKenna - read an extract After the devastating loss of her two infant children, Julie McDermot is released from a psychiatric institution to a lonely life along the canal. New Irish Writing • 11 Mar
The Nowhere Girls by Carmel Harrington - read an extract Two little girls are found alone at Pearse Station in Dublin, and their mother vanishes without trace. Books • 05 Mar
The Nowhere Girls by Carmel Harrington - read an extract Two little girls are found alone at Pearse Station in Dublin, and their mother vanishes without trace. Books • 05 Mar
Glass Houses by Edel Coffey - an extract from her new thriller Twenty years after the Juliet Fox case destroyed her career, journalist Eddie cannot resist returning to Manhattan's elite when a new luxury tower rises beside the crime scene. Books • 04 Mar
Glass Houses by Edel Coffey - an extract from her new thriller Twenty years after the Juliet Fox case destroyed her career, journalist Eddie cannot resist returning to Manhattan's elite when a new luxury tower rises beside the crime scene. Books • 04 Mar
City Girls Forever - Patricia Scanlon's new book extracted We present an extract from the new novel from bestselling author Patricia Scanlon. Books • 03 Mar
City Girls Forever - Patricia Scanlon's new book extracted We present an extract from the new novel from bestselling author Patricia Scanlon. Books • 03 Mar
The Sky Is Not Enough by June O'Sullivan - read an extract We present an extract from The Sky Is Not Enough, the new novel by June O'Sullivan. New Irish Writing • 28 Feb
The Sky Is Not Enough by June O'Sullivan - read an extract We present an extract from The Sky Is Not Enough, the new novel by June O'Sullivan. New Irish Writing • 28 Feb
New Irish Writing: Love & Other Liabilities by Fiona McCann When a financial crisis sends emotionally-hardened accountant Lily Barrett to the West Cork island of Inish Ruin, to put her deceased Nana's beloved cottage on the market, she's determined to keep "the feels" to a minimum... Books • 18 Feb
New Irish Writing: Love & Other Liabilities by Fiona McCann When a financial crisis sends emotionally-hardened accountant Lily Barrett to the West Cork island of Inish Ruin, to put her deceased Nana's beloved cottage on the market, she's determined to keep "the feels" to a minimum... Books • 18 Feb
Esther Is Now Following You by Tanya Sweeney - read an extract Esther first sees Ted walking in a park in London. They lock eyes and for a fraction of a second, she feels something she's never felt before. Books • 26 Jan
Esther Is Now Following You by Tanya Sweeney - read an extract Esther first sees Ted walking in a park in London. They lock eyes and for a fraction of a second, she feels something she's never felt before. Books • 26 Jan
New Irish Writing: Before the Leaves Fall by Clare O'Dea Set in Switzerland, Before the Leaves Fall tells the story of Ruedi, a newly trained facilitator for an assisted dying organisation, and Margrit Brändli, his first client. Books • 14 Dec 25
New Irish Writing: Before the Leaves Fall by Clare O'Dea Set in Switzerland, Before the Leaves Fall tells the story of Ruedi, a newly trained facilitator for an assisted dying organisation, and Margrit Brändli, his first client. Books • 14 Dec 25
The Waters and the Wild by Eilish Fisher - read an extract Rowan was.. raised in the desert. Growing up all she's known is sunshine, warmth, love. Then her beloved Dad dies, everything changes... Books • 24 Nov 25
The Waters and the Wild by Eilish Fisher - read an extract Rowan was.. raised in the desert. Growing up all she's known is sunshine, warmth, love. Then her beloved Dad dies, everything changes... Books • 24 Nov 25
New Irish Writing: Karl MacDermott's Fail Again Fail Even Better Fail Again Fail Even Better tells the story of poet Bosco Helly. In the pantheon of great Irish poets, Bosco would be nowhere near that pantheon. Books • 12 Nov 25
New Irish Writing: Karl MacDermott's Fail Again Fail Even Better Fail Again Fail Even Better tells the story of poet Bosco Helly. In the pantheon of great Irish poets, Bosco would be nowhere near that pantheon. Books • 12 Nov 25
New Irish Writing: Chaos Theory by Sylvia Leatham We're celebrating Irish Book Week (which runs 18th - 25th October) with a series of choice extracts from outstanding new Irish titles... Books • 22 Oct 25
New Irish Writing: Chaos Theory by Sylvia Leatham We're celebrating Irish Book Week (which runs 18th - 25th October) with a series of choice extracts from outstanding new Irish titles... Books • 22 Oct 25
New Irish Writing: Injury Time by Kevin Smith We're celebrating Irish Book Week (which runs 18th - 25th October) with a series of choice extracts from outstanding new Irish titles... Books • 22 Oct 25
New Irish Writing: Injury Time by Kevin Smith We're celebrating Irish Book Week (which runs 18th - 25th October) with a series of choice extracts from outstanding new Irish titles... Books • 22 Oct 25
New Irish Writing: Deep Burn by Brendan Mac Evilly We're celebrating Irish Book Week (which runs 18th - 25th October) with a series of choice extracts from outstanding new Irish titles... Books • 20 Oct 25
New Irish Writing: Deep Burn by Brendan Mac Evilly We're celebrating Irish Book Week (which runs 18th - 25th October) with a series of choice extracts from outstanding new Irish titles... Books • 20 Oct 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 25
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 25
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 25
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 25
