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Shortlist unveiled for An Post Irish Book Awards 2026
  • Culture
  • 22 Oct 26

Shortlist unveiled for An Post Irish Book Awards 2026

Rory Gallagher event announced in Cork as brother Dónal reveals new book
  • Culture
  • 21 Oct 26

Rory Gallagher event announced in Cork as brother Dónal reveals new book

Sally Rooney books will no longer be sold in UK due to her support for Palestine Action
  • Opinion
  • 14 Oct 26

Sally Rooney books will no longer be sold in UK due to her support for Palestine Action

Colm Tóibín to receive honorary degree from Italian university
  • Culture
  • 12 Oct 26

Colm Tóibín to receive honorary degree from Italian university

David Baldacci: "As a thriller writer you’re only bounded by plausibility – and thanks to Trump, you can’t tell me anything’s implausible"
  • Opinion
  • 05 Sep 26

David Baldacci: "As a thriller writer you’re only bounded by plausibility – and thanks to Trump, you can’t tell me anything’s implausible"

Author Louise O’Neill to discuss her memoir at EPIC Emigration Museum
  • Culture
  • 31 Aug 26

Author Louise O’Neill to discuss her memoir at EPIC Emigration Museum

Sara Baume: "I feel like my peers, especially women, are writing about family, relationships and motherhood... I wanted to create a different story about being in your late thirties and forties"
  • Culture
  • 05 Aug 26

Sara Baume: "I feel like my peers, especially women, are writing about family, relationships and motherhood... I wanted to create a different story about being in your late thirties and forties"

Niamh Campbell - Mad Hatter Q&A: <i>Biggest thrill?</i> "Knowing I’ve triumphed over my enemies and they’ll definitely see it online"
  • Culture
  • 29 Jul 26

Niamh Campbell - Mad Hatter Q&A: Biggest thrill? "Knowing I’ve triumphed over my enemies and they’ll definitely see it online"

New Laois-based audiobook offshoot launches with titles from Rob Doyle, J.P. Donleavy and more
  • Culture
  • 13 Jul 26

New Laois-based audiobook offshoot launches with titles from Rob Doyle, J.P. Donleavy and more

Fund worth over €100,000 awarded to 23 independent Irish bookstores
  • Culture
  • 09 Jul 26

Fund worth over €100,000 awarded to 23 independent Irish bookstores

Maggie O'Farrell on <i>Land:</i> "I was really interested in the possibility of telling the whole story of a country... but all via one plot of land"
  • Culture
  • 04 Jul 26

Maggie O'Farrell on Land: "I was really interested in the possibility of telling the whole story of a country... but all via one plot of land"

Bloomsday: Irvine Welsh, John McGahern, David Szalay, Joan As Police Woman and more on <i>Ulysses</i>
  • Opinion
  • 16 Jun 26

Bloomsday: Irvine Welsh, John McGahern, David Szalay, Joan As Police Woman and more on Ulysses

Jan Carson: "I want to write with a degree of hope... There’s a lot of potential in the North"
  • Opinion
  • 04 May 26

Jan Carson: "I want to write with a degree of hope... There’s a lot of potential in the North"

Read an exclusive extract from Paul Charles' <i>Hi Love, You Just Dropped Your Glove</i>
  • Opinion
  • 04 Apr 26

Read an exclusive extract from Paul Charles' Hi Love, You Just Dropped Your Glove

Tanya Sweeney: "We treat celebrities like deities. We’ve always done that, but social media has turbocharged it"
  • Opinion
  • 21 Mar 26

Tanya Sweeney: "We treat celebrities like deities. We’ve always done that, but social media has turbocharged it"

New Books To Look Forward To In 2026
  • Culture
  • 31 Jan 26

New Books To Look Forward To In 2026

Leon Diop of Black & Irish: "I do think it’s possible to change people’s minds. I actually think that’s more aligned with our nature"
  • Culture
  • 08 Jan 26

Leon Diop of Black & Irish: "I do think it’s possible to change people’s minds. I actually think that’s more aligned with our nature"

Professor Ian Williams Joins Chorus of Acclaim for Major Tech Expose, <i>99 Days: A Warning About Technology</i> by Gerry McGovern: "Big Tech will hate it"
  • Opinion
  • 06 Jan 26

Professor Ian Williams Joins Chorus of Acclaim for Major Tech Expose, 99 Days: A Warning About Technology by Gerry McGovern: "Big Tech will hate it"

Paul Mescal, Maggie O'Farrell and Chloé Zhao on <i>Hamnet</i>: "You can't really have love without grief or grief without love"
  • Film And TV
  • 18 Dec 25

Paul Mescal, Maggie O'Farrell and Chloé Zhao on Hamnet: "You can't really have love without grief or grief without love"

Gerry McGovern's <i>99th Day: A Warning About Technology</i> available to pre-order now
  • Opinion
  • 12 Dec 25

Gerry McGovern's 99th Day: A Warning About Technology available to pre-order now

An Post Irish Book of the Year announced
  • Culture
  • 11 Dec 25

An Post Irish Book of the Year announced

Tributes pour in after the death of artist and activist Margaretta D’Arcy
  • Opinion
  • 25 Nov 25

Tributes pour in after the death of artist and activist Margaretta D’Arcy

Sally Rooney and Michael Magee among over 300 writers boycotting <i>The New York Times</i> over Palestine coverage
  • Culture
  • 28 Oct 25

Sally Rooney and Michael Magee among over 300 writers boycotting The New York Times over Palestine coverage

Miriam O’Callaghan, Leo Varadkar, Elaine Feeney, and John Boyne amongst 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards nominees
  • Culture
  • 23 Oct 25

Miriam O’Callaghan, Leo Varadkar, Elaine Feeney, and John Boyne amongst 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards nominees

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