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My life in books: Every Cork person and GAA fan should have, 'Hoggie: My Story'
My life in books: Every Cork person and GAA fan should have, 'Hoggie: My Story'
Professor of politics Gary Murphy says we’ve had some very good biographies of Irish taoisigh but none of Garret FitzGerald and that gap badly needs to be filled

Sat, 17 Oct, 2026

My life in books: ‘I love to support local bookshops, so I’ll order through them when possible’
My life in books: ‘I love to support local bookshops, so I’ll order through them when possible’
Mark Gyves was inspired to be a writer after reading Maeve Binchy as a boy and then Roddy Doyle's books when he was in his teens

Sat, 10 Oct, 2026

My life in books: Women of magic deserve more than a ‘witch’ label
My life in books: Women of magic deserve more than a ‘witch’ label
Ellen Ryan's latest book, 'They Called Us Witch', is for 14-plus readers and is a non-fiction collection of 10 true stories about women persecuted for their healing and magic

Sat, 03 Oct, 2026

Six For Your Radar: Irvine Welsh in Kinsale, Tom Cruise in Digger...
Six For Your Radar: Irvine Welsh in Kinsale, Tom Cruise in Digger...
Muldoon's Picnic also hits the National Concert Hall with an array of guests... 

Thu, 01 Oct, 2026

10 books for October: Hoggie, John Creedon, Sarah J Maas...
10 books for October: Hoggie, John Creedon, Sarah J Maas...
October has a bumper crop of new books 

Wed, 30 Sep, 2026

The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist announcement event at the Southbank Centre, London, UK - 22 September 2026
Irish hopes dashed as Booker Prize 2026 shortlist revealed
Past Booker Prize winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart make 2026 shortlist

Wed, 23 Sep, 2026

Tipperary based publishing press celebrates 30 years with new exhibition
Tipperary based publishing press celebrates 30 years with new exhibition
Erica Van Horn and Simon Cutts' move to Tipperary coincided with the evolution of the internet, which has helped them enormously in maintaining a business from such a remote location

Sun, 20 Sep, 2026

My life in books: I thought I was fairly clued-up politically until I read ‘Mindf*ck’
My life in books: I thought I was fairly clued-up politically until I read ‘Mindf*ck’
Author Felicity Hayes-McCoy says 'books are written because authors need to write them whether the world thinks it needs them or not'

Sat, 19 Sep, 2026

My life in books: I haven’t yet read a defining novel about those terrible years in Ireland
My life in books: I haven’t yet read a defining novel about those terrible years in Ireland
The DCU professor gets his students to read Katy Tur’s 'Unbelievable' — her campaign memoir of covering Donald Trump’s election in 2016 — to help them understand American politics today

Sat, 12 Sep, 2026

My life in books: ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ was a real lightbulb moment for me
My life in books: ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ was a real lightbulb moment for me
Jessamine O’Connor says we need books written by humans, and not AI, writing something only they know about, so other humans can learn from it or relate to it

Sat, 05 Sep, 2026

My life in books: ‘Mickey Harte’s football diary was incredibly insightful and inspirational’
My life in books: ‘Mickey Harte’s football diary was incredibly insightful and inspirational’
Séamus Ó Tuama has completed his father’s unfinished manuscript, which transforms Belfast’s turbulent 350-year history into an intimate human story through the extraordinary Twomey family saga

Sat, 29 Aug, 2026

My Life in books: When it comes to books in my house it’s a case of 'chaos reigns'
My Life in books: When it comes to books in my house it’s a case of 'chaos reigns'
Former religious affairs correspondent TP O’Mahony says a book should be written that focuses on the tyranny of popes, who assume a power and authority that have no foundation in the New Testament

Sat, 22 Aug, 2026

Culture That Made Me: Sara Baume on art, audiobooks, and Moomins
Culture That Made Me: Sara Baume on art, audiobooks, and Moomins
Cork writer Sara Baume tells Richard Fitzpatrick about her cultural influences, from the Crawford Art Gallery to Pat Collins

Mon, 17 Aug, 2026

My life in books: I only finish about every fifth book that I start reading
My life in books: I only finish about every fifth book that I start reading
Mike Omer is an award-winning crime, thriller, and fantasy writer whose books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He lives with his family in Cork. His latest book, In the Killer’s Sight, published by Thomas & Mercer, is out on September 1.

Sat, 15 Aug, 2026

Patrick Holloway: Uncanny devotion to Harry Potter's Dobby shows power of fiction
Patrick Holloway: Uncanny devotion to Harry Potter's Dobby shows power of fiction
The Bronze Age dead buried near Freshwater West are real, but they have become strangers. JK Rowling's Dobby is imaginary, but millions of people know him. That is the strange power of fiction, writes author Patrick Holloway

Fri, 14 Aug, 2026

My life in books: ‘I’m a firm believer in the right book finding you at the right moment’
My life in books: ‘I’m a firm believer in the right book finding you at the right moment’
Author Jane Casey says booksellers and librarians have the best recommendations  — 'don’t leave it to an algorithm'

Sat, 01 Aug, 2026

My life in books: I couldn’t believe somebody built ‘Jurassic Park’ on blank paper
My life in books: I couldn’t believe somebody built ‘Jurassic Park’ on blank paper
Bestselling crime writer Catherine Ryan Howard has just delivered the first draft of her new book which is due out next summer

Sat, 25 Jul, 2026

My life in books: Everything by Tim Robinson is well-written, I finish his books with a lighter heart
My life in books: Everything by Tim Robinson is well-written, I finish his books with a lighter heart
Poet John FitzGerald says he is a fan of the sonnet: 'Its compressed energy and the infinite possibility of the form'

Sat, 18 Jul, 2026

Meet the parents: Amy Huberman among latest additions to Boys of Tommen cast
Meet the parents: Amy Huberman among latest additions to Boys of Tommen cast
Season one will be adapted from Cork author Chloe Walsh’s first two novels in the series, Binding 13 and Keeping 13

Fri, 17 Jul, 2026

Six For Your Radar: Kevin Bridges in the Marquee, The Odyssey hits cinemas...
Six For Your Radar: Kevin Bridges in the Marquee, The Odyssey hits cinemas...
West Cork Literary Festival concludes in Bantry 

Thu, 16 Jul, 2026

My life in books: ‘Amongst Women’ ... Reading it makes time feel like it’s fallen away
My life in books: ‘Amongst Women’ ... Reading it makes time feel like it’s fallen away
Niamh Campbell believes everybody should read 'Ulysses': 'Though you should probably take a course or class and read it in company — it’s such a fun book to share'

Sat, 11 Jul, 2026

'Dad was such a hardened Born Again Christian — it took time for me to accept I didn’t believe in God'
S 'Dad was such a hardened Born Again Christian — it took time for me to accept I didn’t believe in God'
Clem Cairns, co-founder of West Cork Literary Festival, talks to Helen O’Callaghan about how he had a great childhood but his strict moral upbringing led him to be deeply suspicious of anything evangelical so he instead embraced commonsense over ideology

Fri, 10 Jul, 2026

My life in books: John Williams made me realise the power of the simple, unadorned sentence
My life in books: John Williams made me realise the power of the simple, unadorned sentence
Daniel Okrent is a former managing editor of 'Life' magazine and served as the first public editor of 'The New York Times'

Sat, 04 Jul, 2026

David O'Mahony: Struggling to find a book as genius as Doireann Ní Ghríofa's genre-defying offering
David O'Mahony: Struggling to find a book as genius as Doireann Ní Ghríofa's genre-defying offering
I’ve taken breaks from reading before, but never because a book like Doireann Ní Ghríofa's 'Said The Dead' was so good it left the sort of dreamy sense that anything else would be a step down, or a mood killer

Sat, 04 Jul, 2026

10 new books for July: Sara Baume, Catherine Ryan Howard, and more...
10 new books for July: Sara Baume, Catherine Ryan Howard, and more...
Tales of Hannibal's battles and female friendships feature among this months new publications 

Wed, 01 Jul, 2026

My life in books: We need to amplify voices and make writing resources more accessible
My life in books: We need to amplify voices and make writing resources more accessible
Navan writer Edie May Hand says a lot of what needs to be written has already been written or is being written

Sat, 27 Jun, 2026

Laurence Falconer: 'I balance taking the piss out of the Germans by taking the piss out of the Irish'
Laurence Falconer: 'I balance taking the piss out of the Germans by taking the piss out of the Irish'
When Dublin comedian Laurence Falconer followed love to rural Germany, he could never have imagined that his stories about German bureaucracy, blunt honesty, and Irish awkwardness would strike a chord, writes Colin Sheridan

Sat, 20 Jun, 2026

My life in books: When I am outside of my comfort zone, books eventually... get moved to a shelf
My life in books: When I am outside of my comfort zone, books eventually... get moved to a shelf
Novels by Toni Morrison and Alice Walker and the body of work by James Baldwin, all showed Rosaleen McDonagh that racism and great art is about people, not polemics

Sat, 20 Jun, 2026

I read 2026's most exciting new books — here are the best ones for your summer reading list
I read 2026's most exciting new books — here are the best ones for your summer reading list
From BookTok sensations to indie gems, digital features editor and avid reader Denise O’Donoghue has read the year’s most talked-about titles — these are the ones worth making room for in your suitcase

Sun, 14 Jun, 2026

My life in books: I think I’ve learned something from nearly every book I’ve read
My life in books: I think I’ve learned something from nearly every book I’ve read
Author Dervla McTiernan says she doesn’t think there’s any one book that everyone should read: 'We bring our life experience to every book we read and so every book is different for every reader'

Sat, 13 Jun, 2026

Friday Night Lights
S Jennifer Horgan: Kyle Chandler reels? Fine. But such scrolling could destroy my interior life 
Although enjoying the ‘Friday Night Lights’ links, Jennifer Horgan headed back, in her own mind, to two recently-published books that pay better regard to our interior selves

Fri, 12 Jun, 2026

Trinity graduate Virginia Evans wins Women’s Prize for her debut novel
Trinity graduate Virginia Evans wins Women’s Prize for her debut novel
Evans attended Trinity on an MFA for creative writing when she was 32 and unpublished

Thu, 11 Jun, 2026

Author Lally has 'earned more from cleaning than writing’
Author Lally has 'earned more from cleaning than writing’
Witty and observant memoir illustrates challenges of balancing a writing career with a job and family life

Sat, 06 Jun, 2026

My life in books: Lecturer Katriona looking forward to bookshop week
My life in books: Lecturer Katriona looking forward to bookshop week
Katriona O’Sullivan: 'I love a good old Patricia Scanlan book for comfort; the 'City Girl' series was so good'

Sat, 06 Jun, 2026

10 new books for June: Maggie O'Farrell, Patrick Freyne, Ciara Mageean...
10 new books for June: Maggie O'Farrell, Patrick Freyne, Ciara Mageean...
Cork doctor Dr Alan Desmond also has a new book on the relationship between what you eat and how you feel 

Mon, 01 Jun, 2026

My life in books: ‘I’m confident that the books that need to be written will be written’
My life in books: ‘I’m confident that the books that need to be written will be written’
Dermot Bolger says his latest collection of short stores, 'Imperfect Beings', is dedicated to his young grandson to 'read when he is considerably older'

Sat, 30 May, 2026

My life in books: ‘An iced latte and a good read make for an unbeatable combo’
My life in books: ‘An iced latte and a good read make for an unbeatable combo’
Juliano Zaffino founded YourShelf, a bespoke book-subscription service and also hosts a related podcast, interviewing writers

Sat, 23 May, 2026

‘What a thrill’: Scottish writer wins €100k Dublin Literary Award
‘What a thrill’: Scottish writer wins €100k Dublin Literary Award
Gliff by Ali Smith is a dystopian novel about two young people and a horse who are on the run from history as it takes a turn for the worse

Thu, 21 May, 2026

Sally Rooney attends a photocall during the Edinburgh International Book Festival on August, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Sally Rooney’s latest novel Intermezzo to get Hebrew translation
November Books is the only Israeli publisher that meets conditions the BDS movement has set for exemption from the boycott.

Wed, 20 May, 2026

The International Booker Prize 2026 public shortlist readings at Bristol Beacon, Bristol, UK - 15 May 2026
First Taiwanese writer and translator win the International Booker Prize
The book follows a Japanese novelist as she goes on a culinary tour through 1930s Japan-occupied Taiwan

Wed, 20 May, 2026

My life in books: Every amazing or even enjoyable book I’ve read made me want to be a writer
My life in books: Every amazing or even enjoyable book I’ve read made me want to be a writer
Author Derek Landy says a turn of phrase by Elmore Leonard, or a casual insight by Hunter S Thompson, or a throwaway description by Stephen King, can all make him happy

Sat, 16 May, 2026

First look: Young stars of Cork-set Boys of Tommen series confirmed
First look: Young stars of Cork-set Boys of Tommen series confirmed
They received over 3000 casting suggestions from across the UK and Ireland before finding their four lead stars

Fri, 15 May, 2026

Rachel Incident filming underway in Cork — here’s what we know
Rachel Incident filming underway in Cork — here’s what we know
The eight-part series has Máiréad Tyers, Sarah Green and Daniel Ing among the cast

Fri, 15 May, 2026

My life in books: ‘I loved reading books to my two children when they were younger’
My life in books: ‘I loved reading books to my two children when they were younger’
Gene Kerrigan and Pat Brennan's 'This Great Little Nation: The A-Z of Irish Scandals and Controversies' taught Barry Cummins that an Irish investigative journalist will never be out of work

Sat, 09 May, 2026

Lighten up: Cork World Book Fest brings city and country together   
Lighten up: Cork World Book Fest brings city and country together   
Like a sow hearing the rattle of a bucket in a faraway yard, when our Denis Lehane heard about Cork World Book Fest, he just knew he had to be there

Tue, 05 May, 2026

10 books for May: New titles from Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Douglas Stuart, Sarah A Parker...
10 books for May: New titles from Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Douglas Stuart, Sarah A Parker...
The Aisling authors also have a new book on the way 

Thu, 30 Apr, 2026

File Pics The journalist and writer, Maeve Binchy, has died following a short illness. She was 72.
Gordon Snell, children’s author and husband of Maeve Binchy, dies aged 93
Prolific writer of more than 70 children’s books also worked in broadcasting and shared a creative partnership with Maeve Binchy

Wed, 29 Apr, 2026

Rows of books in shelves
Barry Andrews: Big publishers are ripping off our public libraries
Libraries are for everyone. In a noisy and hectic world, they are one of the few quiet places we have left, but the public library model is in danger, writes Barry Andrews

Mon, 27 Apr, 2026

My Life in Books: I bring a book everywhere, in case there is a minute or two of downtime
My Life in Books: I bring a book everywhere, in case there is a minute or two of downtime
Boston born RP O’Donnell, who now lives in West Cork, has just published his debut novel 'All the Old Clocks'

Sat, 25 Apr, 2026

Trinity graduate among authors shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Fiction
Trinity graduate among authors shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Fiction
The 2026 winner will be revealed in June

Wed, 22 Apr, 2026

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