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Established 1976. Reviews, news, features on Irish books and writing, database of all upcoming books each month. Podcast #BurningBooks. Editor
Ruth McKee.
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⭐Well, she's arrived—the 2026 Irish Writers Handbook⭐
Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently!
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Need a good news story? Read about the resurgence of the basking shark in Irish waters 🦈
An extract from Beneath Irish Seas: The Hidden Wonders of Ireland’s Amazing Marine Life, by Nigel Motyer (Merrion Press)
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Resurgence & recovery of the basking shark - Books Ireland
Beneath Irish Seas: The Hidden Wonders of Ireland’s Amazing Marine Life, by Nigel Motyer (Merrion Press).
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November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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‘It’s so much more than a book, it’s the gift of reading which can be lifelong and life-changing for a child.’

Children’s Books Ireland launch their annual Gift a Book appeal
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Children's Books Ireland launch Gift a book Appeal - Books Ireland
This Christmas, over 2,000 books will be delivered to children in need, including those accessing support services, experiencing homelessness and living in Direct Provision centres.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Meg Grehan talks with Aimee Godfrey about poetry & disability 📕
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'Stop means testing disability and let me apply for an arts grant' — Aimee Godfrey - Books Ireland
Meg Grehan talks with Aimee Godfrey about poetry, disability, and going through the funny before the serious.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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⭐Well, she's arrived—the 2026 Irish Writers Handbook⭐
Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently!
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November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is our latest guest on Burning Books 📕
Find it wherever you listen
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November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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'I chuckled my way through Less by Andrew Sean Greer, a story about a clueless writer on the festival trail, especially the parts in Mexico and Germany. I also loved the humour in Edith by Martina Devlin'
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Q&A—Clare O'Dea - Books Ireland
Clare O'Dea talks everything bookish in our companion series to Burning Books.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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⭐️Our lists of new releases for November are out! ⭐️
Check out this month's new titles in our fully searchable data base First Flush—or look back to see what you've missed!
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November 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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🔥Our latest guest on Burning Books is Brendan Mac Evilly 🔥
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Burning Books—Brendan Mac Evilly - Books Ireland
Brendan Mac Evilly talks to Ruth McKee on Burning Books.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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The lovely Brendan Mac Evilly is the latest guest on the Burning Books podcast — tune in, wherever you listen 🔥
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October 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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'I think I was eleven when I read the popular psychology title, The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck.'

📕Q&A with Róisín Leggett Bohan📕
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Q&A—Róisín Leggett Bohan - Books Ireland
Róisín Leggett Bohan talks all things bookish in our companion series to Burning Books.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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⭐Six collections shortlisted for PEN Heaney Prize 2025 ⭐

📕Judged by Sasha Dugdale, Seán Hewitt & Zaffar Kunial — read what they had to say and find out more about these beautiful books 📕
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Shortlist revealed for the PEN Heaney Prize 2025 - Books Ireland
Six collections are on the shortlist for the prestigious PEN Heaney Prize 2025.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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⭐Shortlists for the An Post Irish Book Awards have been announced⭐

(If you're curious about the submission and judging process, you can find more here 🔽🔽🔽)
www.irishbookawards.ie/submissions/
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Shortlists for the An Post Irish Book Awards - Books Ireland
The shortlists have been revealed for the A Post Irish Book Awards 2025.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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🌟Find out who will be reading your work in this year's International Debut Novel Competition🌟
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Six judges revealed for the International Debut Novel Competition - Books Ireland
Find out who will be reading your work for this year's Irish Writers Centre International Debut Novel Competition.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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‘The idea of home has evolved for me—it’s not so much about looking back, but looking forward’

📗Catch Dagogo Hart at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social on Friday 07th November📗

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'For me, home is a bridge'—Dagogo Hart - Books Ireland
Ruth Ennis talks to Dagogo Hart about his first book for children, Lantern Smoke (Gill Books).
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October 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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📕This is a wonderful event—the incredible artist Colin Davidson & broadcaster Mark Carruthers in conversation with arts journalist Gemma Tipton at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social 📕

To mark the publication of Twelve Paintings, a beautiful new book (Merrion Press) booksirelandmagazine.com/colin-davids...
Colin Davidson at the Dublin Book Festival - Books Ireland
Join Colin Davidson, Mark Carruthers, and Gemma Tipton at the Dublin Book Festival.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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"Malak Taj, or Maman Malak as we called her, was a great cook. Her kitchen smelled like butter and sugar – warm, delicious and cosy"

📕A lovely extract from This is not a Cookbook, by Roxana Manouchehri📕
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Roxana Manouchehri remembers her grandmother in a recipe for Shami - Books Ireland
In an extract from This is not a Cookbook Roxana Manouchehri remembers her grandmother, and shares her recipe for Shami.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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A formidable trio are in conversation at the Dublin Book Festival for what promises to be a provocative, challenging, and zesty bilingual event!

📕Ní chuireann sí fiacail ann | She tells it straight📕
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Ní chuireann sí fiacail ann | She tells it straight at the Dublin Book Festival - Books Ireland
Áine Ní Ghlinn, Rita Ann Higgins, and Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne in bilingual conversation at the Dublin Book Festival this November.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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We are happy to share our New Writing from Ireland 2025 catalogue, which showcases a selection of the finest Irish writing published each year.

You can read it here: www.literatureireland.com/books/new-wr...
October 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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'To grow up a queer girl in the Ireland of that time is to pass through a series of small annihilations. Taylor writes those annihilations with exceptional power.'

Ruby Eastwood on Filly, by Rosamund Taylor @jesstraynor.bsky.social
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Adolescence as an open wound—Filly, by Rosamund Taylor - Books Ireland
The experiences it depicts are raw, humiliating, and incandescent.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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📕A fascinating extract from Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844, by Angela Byrne 📕
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Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, by Angela Byrne - Books Ireland
An extract from Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844 by Angela Byrne (Four Courts Press).
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October 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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📕A reminder of Eoghan Smith’s fine review of All Down Darkness Wide, by Seán Hewitt in Books Ireland today📕
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⭐Catch Seán Hewitt, Soula Emmanuel & Anne Walsh Donnelly in conversation with Neil Hegarty, at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for Out on the Page⭐
Out on the Page - Dublin Book Festival
As representations of LGBTQAI+ lives and experiences enter the publishing mainstream, join us to discuss the importance of queer visibility in writing, and the many ways in which such representation c...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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"Aisling agus Tóir: An Slánú i bhFilíocht Shomhairle MhicGill-Eain by Máire Ní Annracháin...convinced me that scholarship plays an invaluable role in preserving, renewing and transmitting a language’s literary tradition."

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Q&A with Marie Whelton - Books Ireland
Marie Whelton talks all things bookish in our companion series to Burning Books.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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'...an ambitious novel that sets out to depict love in a time of oppression'

Anna Heussaff reviews Fiche, by Colm Ó Ceallacháin
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Dark humour and depth—Fiche, by Colm Ó Ceallacháin - Books Ireland
This is an ambitious novel that sets out to depict love in a time of oppression.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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📕Lots of new releases coming in October!
Here is just a small sample (of over 150 titles)—check out our fully searchable database First Flush 📕
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September 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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🌟Jessica Traynor reads from her forthcoming collection New Arcana (Bloodaxe Books) over on Books Ireland today!🌟

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🔥New Arcana launches 02 October @gutterbookshop.bsky.social 🔥

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Jessica Traynor reads from her new collection, New Arcana - Books Ireland
Jessica Traynor reads from her new collection, New Arcana (Bloodaxe).
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September 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM