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
Wired Our Own Way - the new anthology of Irish autistic voices One in twenty-seven Irish school children are now diagnosed as autistic, and autism is entering the general population's consciousness much louder than it did in the past. Books • 01 Apr
Wired Our Own Way - the new anthology of Irish autistic voices One in twenty-seven Irish school children are now diagnosed as autistic, and autism is entering the general population's consciousness much louder than it did in the past. Books • 01 Apr
Eden's Shore by Oisin Fagan - read an extract At the close of the 18th century, Angel Kelly, an Irishman, sets sail from Liverpool aboard The Atlas with the intention of creating a Utopian commune in Brazil... Books • 22 Apr
Eden's Shore by Oisin Fagan - read an extract At the close of the 18th century, Angel Kelly, an Irishman, sets sail from Liverpool aboard The Atlas with the intention of creating a Utopian commune in Brazil... Books • 22 Apr
Assembling Ailish by Sharon Guard - read an extract Ailish McCarthy is not doing well... Books • 07 Apr
Assembling Ailish by Sharon Guard - read an extract Ailish McCarthy is not doing well... Books • 07 Apr
A Fix Of Light by Kel Menton - read an extract We present an extract from A Fix Of Light by Kel Menton, a new YA novel from a debut Irish author that blends queer romance and fantasy. New Irish Writing • 01 Mar
A Fix Of Light by Kel Menton - read an extract We present an extract from A Fix Of Light by Kel Menton, a new YA novel from a debut Irish author that blends queer romance and fantasy. New Irish Writing • 01 Mar
Extracted: The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth by Adrian Duncan During winter season in a secluded Alpine city, John Molloy, an Irish restorative sculptor, meets Bernadette, an enigmatic Italian sociologist... New Irish Writing • 25 Feb
Extracted: The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth by Adrian Duncan During winter season in a secluded Alpine city, John Molloy, an Irish restorative sculptor, meets Bernadette, an enigmatic Italian sociologist... New Irish Writing • 25 Feb
Confessions by Catherine Airey - read an extract Confessions follows three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again... New Irish Writing • 25 Feb
Confessions by Catherine Airey - read an extract Confessions follows three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again... New Irish Writing • 25 Feb
Confessions by Catherine Airey - read an extract Confessions follows three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again... New Irish Writing • 05 Mar
Confessions by Catherine Airey - read an extract Confessions follows three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again... New Irish Writing • 05 Mar
The Glass House by Rachel Donohue - read an extract Moving from the West of Ireland to Dublin, London, Florence and back, The Glass House is a compelling tale of two sisters and their secrets, of love, regret and vengeance. Books • 18 Feb
The Glass House by Rachel Donohue - read an extract Moving from the West of Ireland to Dublin, London, Florence and back, The Glass House is a compelling tale of two sisters and their secrets, of love, regret and vengeance. Books • 18 Feb
Frogs For Watchdogs by Seán Farrell - read an extract After years of moving from place to place, a young family finds shelter in an isolated house in the Irish countryside... New Irish Writing • 24 Feb
Frogs For Watchdogs by Seán Farrell - read an extract After years of moving from place to place, a young family finds shelter in an isolated house in the Irish countryside... New Irish Writing • 24 Feb
The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife by June O'Sullivan - read an extract In 1867, Eliza Carthy moves with her lighthouse-keeper husband, James, and sons, Peter and Joseph, to the remote island of Skellig Michael, off the coast of Kerry... Books • 02 Feb
The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife by June O'Sullivan - read an extract In 1867, Eliza Carthy moves with her lighthouse-keeper husband, James, and sons, Peter and Joseph, to the remote island of Skellig Michael, off the coast of Kerry... Books • 02 Feb
Sacrifice for The Master by Nicola Onwordi - read an extract We present an extract from the debut novel by Dublin-born, London-based Nicola Onwordi... Books • 20 Jan
Sacrifice for The Master by Nicola Onwordi - read an extract We present an extract from the debut novel by Dublin-born, London-based Nicola Onwordi... Books • 20 Jan
Nesting by Roisin O'Donnell - read an extract On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Books • 19 Jan
Nesting by Roisin O'Donnell - read an extract On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Books • 19 Jan
Girl in the Making by Anna Fitzgerald - read an extract Jean Kennedy is a gentle, perceptive girl growing up in a very strange world: suburban Dublin in the 1970s and '80s... Books • 05 Dec 24
Girl in the Making by Anna Fitzgerald - read an extract Jean Kennedy is a gentle, perceptive girl growing up in a very strange world: suburban Dublin in the 1970s and '80s... Books • 05 Dec 24
Blue Diagonals by Lucy Holme - read an extract Blue Diagonals is an intimate and powerful exploration of love, loss, and healing. Holme's evocative prose draws on personal history and memory to illuminate the fragility and resilience of the human spirit. Books • 10 Dec 24
Blue Diagonals by Lucy Holme - read an extract Blue Diagonals is an intimate and powerful exploration of love, loss, and healing. Holme's evocative prose draws on personal history and memory to illuminate the fragility and resilience of the human spirit. Books • 10 Dec 24
W/w by Sarah Long - read an extract W/w follows the trials and triumphs of Mary, an aspiring artist and writer, in conflict with the world around her. Confined to the porch of her family home, Mary's consciousness searches for a new form, a larger space, to occupy. Books • 24 Nov 24
W/w by Sarah Long - read an extract W/w follows the trials and triumphs of Mary, an aspiring artist and writer, in conflict with the world around her. Confined to the porch of her family home, Mary's consciousness searches for a new form, a larger space, to occupy. Books • 24 Nov 24
One Limerick man's mission to save the Atlantic Wild Salmon Swimming Upstream is part memoir, part call-to-action - this is the story of Limerick man Patsy Peril's lifelong mission to save the Atlantic Wild Salmon. Books • 24 Nov 24
One Limerick man's mission to save the Atlantic Wild Salmon Swimming Upstream is part memoir, part call-to-action - this is the story of Limerick man Patsy Peril's lifelong mission to save the Atlantic Wild Salmon. Books • 24 Nov 24
A Place Called Home - an extract from Alice Taylor's new book For over sixty years, Alice Taylor has lived in the village of Innishannon. But her childhood was spent on a farm in north Cork, near the Kerry border, and her memories of that homeplace are vivid. Books • 22 Oct 24
A Place Called Home - an extract from Alice Taylor's new book For over sixty years, Alice Taylor has lived in the village of Innishannon. But her childhood was spent on a farm in north Cork, near the Kerry border, and her memories of that homeplace are vivid. Books • 22 Oct 24
Simon Delaney's debut novel - an extract from Watching Over You Alternating between London and Paris in the 1940s, the 1960s, and the present, Watching Over You explores the provenance of a collection of paintings hidden from the plundering Nazis during World War II... Books • 20 Oct 24
Simon Delaney's debut novel - an extract from Watching Over You Alternating between London and Paris in the 1940s, the 1960s, and the present, Watching Over You explores the provenance of a collection of paintings hidden from the plundering Nazis during World War II... Books • 20 Oct 24
Hide Away by Dermot Bolger - read an extract Hidden behind the walls of Grangegorman Mental Hospital in 1941, different lives collide, all afflicted by the human cost of wars, betrayals and trauma. Books • 13 Oct 24
Hide Away by Dermot Bolger - read an extract Hidden behind the walls of Grangegorman Mental Hospital in 1941, different lives collide, all afflicted by the human cost of wars, betrayals and trauma. Books • 13 Oct 24
Molly Malone & Bram Stoker return - Al Nolan's new book extracted We present an excerpt from Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in the Riddle of the Disappearing Dickens, the new book for young readers by Alan Nolan. Books • 09 Oct 24
Molly Malone & Bram Stoker return - Al Nolan's new book extracted We present an excerpt from Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in the Riddle of the Disappearing Dickens, the new book for young readers by Alan Nolan. Books • 09 Oct 24
Charlotte by Martina Devlin - read an extract Charlotte Brontë, who dazzled the world with some of literature's most vital and richly-drawn characters, spent her brief but extraordinary life in search of love. Books • 06 Oct 24
Charlotte by Martina Devlin - read an extract Charlotte Brontë, who dazzled the world with some of literature's most vital and richly-drawn characters, spent her brief but extraordinary life in search of love. Books • 06 Oct 24
A Maid on Fifth Avenue by Sinead Crowley - read an extract A Maid on Fifth Avenue is a dual time line mystery, telling the story of Annie, who emigrates from West Kerry to Manhattan in the 1920s and Emer, who returns home from LA a hundred years later... Books • 29 Sep 24
A Maid on Fifth Avenue by Sinead Crowley - read an extract A Maid on Fifth Avenue is a dual time line mystery, telling the story of Annie, who emigrates from West Kerry to Manhattan in the 1920s and Emer, who returns home from LA a hundred years later... Books • 29 Sep 24
