Writing the Bog: Sunday 7 September and Sunday 26 October

On Sunday 7 September, after a fantastic response for our callout for scripts, Sunday Miscellany presents the first of two special programmes: Writing the Bog: A celebration of the Irish Architecture Foundation and 12th Field's Bog Bothy project. The second programme goes out on Sunday 26 October. Our thanks to everyone who sent in a script!

Donegal bogland

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**CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2025** Sunday Miscellany Live at Christmas with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests takes place this year at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, on Tuesday 2 December. Tickets will go on sale at 10am on Friday 26 September on the National Concert Hall website and are likely to sell out quickly.

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ANOTHER ANTHOLOGY ON THE WAY!

Our latest anthology, Sunday Miscellany: A Selection 2023-2025 (New Island Books) will be launched as part of Dublin Book Festival in November 2025. More details to follow.

Our previous anthology, Sunday Miscellany: A Recent Selection (2018-2023), published by New Island Books, won a 2023 Irish Book Award for thejournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year.

It featured for ten weeks in the Irish Top 10 best-seller lists and it is on sale in bookshops nationwide, or available online from newisland.ie

You can browse a range of the coverage that has featured in print and online at the following links:

Irish Examiner review / Meath Chronicle review / Anglo Celt review / The Sunday Times review /

Sunday Business Post review / The Journal.ie review / Irish Independent review / Sunday Independent review / Ireland's Own Christmas Annual – Tom McGurk's John McCormack piece

Announcement of Irish Book Award / Georgia College and State University News announcement

Arena RTÉ Radio 1 feature / Other features in: Thejournal.ie / Publishing Perspectives / The Irish Times / East Coast fm / The Bookseller

Miriam O'Callaghan launched the book in the Lexicon Library in Dún Laoghaire in November 2023 as part of Dublin Book Festival – see a gallery of photos from the launch below

SUNDAY MISCELLANY ANTHOLOGY BOOK LAUNCH, NOVEMBER 2023

Miriam O'Callaghan, Mariel Deegan of New Island, Sarah Binchy

Readers on the night: (l to r) John Toal, Rachael Hegarty and Paul Howard

Contributor John F Deane and his wife Ursula

contributor Katrina Bruna and Padma Raje

Contributor Oliver Sears and Catherine Punch

Contributor Sharon Hogan

Contributor Mark Brennock and Yetti Redmond

Contributor Anne Delaney and Con Ward

contributor Tim Carey and his daughter Jennifer, also a contributor!

A full house at the dlr Lexicon for the launch

Miriam O'Callaghan opens proceedings....

...and musicians Malachy Robinson (double blass) and Dermot Dunne (accordion) take to the stage