An Post Bookshop of the Year’ category at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards, the annual literary event that ...

Sarah Hannah Walsh on the creative journey that has resulted in the publication of her picture book, Aggie Witchfinder . . . I was working from home when I got the email from The O’Brien Press, ...

Welcome back to the Irish bestselling books lists. While it’s great to see some brand new releases in fiction hitting the charts this week, we’ve got some brilliant books in ...

Competition deadline: 14th October 2026 The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is organised by the Australian Book Review and honours the life and work of the acclaimed Australian poet Peter Porter ...

It was 1988, a bad time for junior doctors in Ireland. There was endless wrangling about overtime payments, ending in a pittance being paid for all the extra hours you always had to work, anywhere ...

The Shape of Monsters by C.L. Hellisen: A gothic descent into a world of darkness, magic and twisted loyalties. It started with an image of a tattooed man in his car, with his life in a shambles. I ...

The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2026 has been announced, featuring two previous winners, a previous shortlistee, and three authors new to the prize. The shortlist of six books has been selected ...

Three Pillars Press have announced the publication of its first two poetry Pamphlets – winner and runner-up in their 2026 ...

I held my breath as I clicked to open the email and dared to hope. Maybe this time, my manuscript would be accepted. I had worked on it for years, lost count of the many rewrites – searching for shaky ...

Three compelling Kerry writers discuss what being ‘a writer’ means to them. Poet and playwright Clodagh Healy, essayist, poet and memoirist Sean Carlson, and critic, essayist and fiction writer Emma ...

The morning session will be for short fiction and the afternoon for poetry. You will look at samples of published stories and poetry and discuss how these work (or not), as well as techniques, style ...

Join poet Enda Wyley for an immersive one-day poetry workshop that celebrates poetry and helps you shape your own poetic voice. This workshop is designed for anyone who loves poetry and wants to write ...