Frankie Chase, debut author of Bad Winner, on her route from meandering to meaningful, life’s diversions and finding inspiration where you least expect it. Authoring is yet to make me my millions ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Author Séamus Ó Tuama on completing his father’s unfinished manuscript – a history of Belfast from a native Irish perspective. When my father, Diarmuid Ó Tuama, died suddenly in January 2023, he ...

The story that became Blacktail started in an online writing workshop guided by professional editors. Every week-ish, they’d toss out some story prompts and let the aspirants see what they could ...