November 19th, 2026, Eason, O’Connell St. Dublin Ruth Long, Sarah Rees Brennan, Dave Rudden and Holly Race will be in Eason O’Connell Street ...

Welcome to a very autumnal week in the Irish bestselling books charts, where how close we are to the festive season is reflected in how many children’s books are in the Top 20 (five this ...

Eason, O’Connell St. Dublin 🎟 Tickets: €5 and redeemable against books sold at the venue, on the night.

Brian Gilhooly tells us of his father’s fondness for the almost indestructible Toyota Corolla KE70 . . . Throughout my father’s career as a member of An Garda Síochána, which spanned ...

Competition deadline: 30th November 2026 The theme for the 2026 Wild Atlantic Writing Awards is ‘We ​Knew This Day Would Come’. The beauty of this phrase is that it is open to so many ...

Short stories are a great way to explore an idea without having to build the larger world of a novel. They might be short, but they still need many of the same ingredients: an interesting character… ...

Wilson, author of What Mortal Flesh, on how to create authenticity in historical fiction . . . In the film, Ben Hur, there’s a moment when you can supposedly see one of the charioteers ...

Carol Barratt, author of the Nature’s Nasties books for children on writing ‘stories that are factual but fun; stories that weave around facts’. “What is the point of wasps? I’m fed up ...

Author Tony O’Reilly on the inspiration behind A Bullet for the General: ‘how I nearly lost my mind!’ Finding the spark for a story is rarely a predictable process, but for the ...

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Dark Side of The Silvery Moon is a lively three-person storytelling show featuring bardic storyteller, Aindrias de Staic alongside percussionist Brian Fleming and harpist Aisling Lyons. Blending ...

The shortlist for the 2026 An Post Irish Book Awards has been unveiled, featuring a diverse and exciting mix of exceptional writing from both new and established writers and illustrators across 19 ...