Books Ireland
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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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Rosemary Jenkinson discusses the thrilling prospects of a playscript and her new publication Manichea: A Play on Cancellation @arlenhouse.bsky.social
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December 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Rosemary Jenkinson discusses the thrilling prospects of a playscript and her new publication Manichea: A Play on Cancellation @arlenhouse.bsky.social
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❤️Gill Perdue is the latest guest on Burning Books!❤️
🔥Tune in, wherever you listen🔥
@gillperdue.bsky.social @ruthmckee.bsky.social
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November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
❤️Gill Perdue is the latest guest on Burning Books!❤️
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@gillperdue.bsky.social @ruthmckee.bsky.social
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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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Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently!
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@stomaselli.bsky.social @janecasey.bsky.social @niamhgarvey.bsky.social @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
⭐Well, she's arrived—the 2026 Irish Writers Handbook⭐
Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently!
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
@stomaselli.bsky.social @janecasey.bsky.social @niamhgarvey.bsky.social @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently!
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@stomaselli.bsky.social @janecasey.bsky.social @niamhgarvey.bsky.social @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is our latest guest on Burning Books 📕
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Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
Find it wherever you listen
Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is our latest guest on Burning Books 📕
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Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
Find it wherever you listen
Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
⭐️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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Check out this month's new titles in our fully searchable data base First Flush—or look back to see what you've missed!
🔽🔽🔽
booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/
@newislandbooks.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @daleneireann.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
⭐️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!
🔽🔽🔽
booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/
@newislandbooks.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @daleneireann.bsky.social
Check out this month's new titles in our fully searchable data base First Flush—or look back to see what you've missed!
🔽🔽🔽
booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/
@newislandbooks.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @daleneireann.bsky.social
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
The lovely Brendan Mac Evilly is the latest guest on the Burning Books podcast — tune in, wherever you listen 🔥
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@ruthmckee.bsky.social
📕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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@bansheepress.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Here is just a small sample (of over 150 titles)—check out our fully searchable database First Flush 📕
booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/
@bansheepress.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
📕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 📕
booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/
@bansheepress.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Here is just a small sample (of over 150 titles)—check out our fully searchable database First Flush 📕
booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/
@bansheepress.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Dublin Book Festival has some gorgeous FREE activities and readings from beautiful books—a lovely line-up for all the family on Sunday 03 August 📕🎨🎼
Find out more over on Books Ireland: tinyurl.com/2x8dyyft
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @leonaforde1.bsky.social
Find out more over on Books Ireland: tinyurl.com/2x8dyyft
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @leonaforde1.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Dublin Book Festival has some gorgeous FREE activities and readings from beautiful books—a lovely line-up for all the family on Sunday 03 August 📕🎨🎼
Find out more over on Books Ireland: tinyurl.com/2x8dyyft
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @leonaforde1.bsky.social
Find out more over on Books Ireland: tinyurl.com/2x8dyyft
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @leonaforde1.bsky.social
It's that time of year again folks...you can start pulling your hair out over your synopsis (why are they so hard?) from the start of August. Good luck! 📕
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@irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writershq.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It's that time of year again folks...you can start pulling your hair out over your synopsis (why are they so hard?) from the start of August. Good luck! 📕
(Read more here: surli.cc/wvfqjg)
@irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writershq.bsky.social
(Read more here: surli.cc/wvfqjg)
@irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writershq.bsky.social
‘...when community is lost, landscape is left with little choice but to throw shade and speak for itself.’
Seaghan Mac an tSionnaigh reviews the new collection by Diarmuid Johnson 📗
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Seaghan Mac an tSionnaigh reviews the new collection by Diarmuid Johnson 📗
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@leabharbreac.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
‘...when community is lost, landscape is left with little choice but to throw shade and speak for itself.’
Seaghan Mac an tSionnaigh reviews the new collection by Diarmuid Johnson 📗
booksirelandmagazine.com/traditional-...
@leabharbreac.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
Seaghan Mac an tSionnaigh reviews the new collection by Diarmuid Johnson 📗
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@leabharbreac.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
Nuala O’Connor reviews A Crumpled Swan, by David Collard (Sagging Meniscus Press)
(We like our Bloomsday connections on the oblique side 😊)
Read it in full here: booksirelandmagazine.com/rare-and-mar...
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(We like our Bloomsday connections on the oblique side 😊)
Read it in full here: booksirelandmagazine.com/rare-and-mar...
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June 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Nuala O’Connor reviews A Crumpled Swan, by David Collard (Sagging Meniscus Press)
(We like our Bloomsday connections on the oblique side 😊)
Read it in full here: booksirelandmagazine.com/rare-and-mar...
@saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social
(We like our Bloomsday connections on the oblique side 😊)
Read it in full here: booksirelandmagazine.com/rare-and-mar...
@saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social
⭐ Our monthly bestseller charts are out! ⭐
See the top ten here:
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See the top ten here:
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June 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
⭐ Our monthly bestseller charts are out! ⭐
See the top ten here:
🔽🔽🔽
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@omahonysbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
See the top ten here:
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@omahonysbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
⭐️A report on the Basic Income for the Arts has been published today⭐️
Read the full story here: shorturl.at/PHjch
Read the full story here: shorturl.at/PHjch
May 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
⭐️A report on the Basic Income for the Arts has been published today⭐️
Read the full story here: shorturl.at/PHjch
Read the full story here: shorturl.at/PHjch
Rosemary Jenkinson talks about not being able to find the university library(!), living up to her Wikipedia page, and her experiences in Ukraine—and of course her debut novel, The Memorisers @arlenhouse.bsky.social
Find it on all podcast platforms 🔥
Find it on all podcast platforms 🔥
May 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Rosemary Jenkinson talks about not being able to find the university library(!), living up to her Wikipedia page, and her experiences in Ukraine—and of course her debut novel, The Memorisers @arlenhouse.bsky.social
Find it on all podcast platforms 🔥
Find it on all podcast platforms 🔥
Tune in to the latest episode of Burning Books with guest @chennessybooks.bsky.social as she talks about life, the universe and everything—and her new collection of short stories, In the Movie of Her Life (Doire Press) 📕📕📕
🔥Find it on all podcast platforms🔥
🔥Find it on all podcast platforms🔥
May 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Tune in to the latest episode of Burning Books with guest @chennessybooks.bsky.social as she talks about life, the universe and everything—and her new collection of short stories, In the Movie of Her Life (Doire Press) 📕📕📕
🔥Find it on all podcast platforms🔥
🔥Find it on all podcast platforms🔥
Sean O’Reilly delivers a masterclass in narrative perspective at the @yeatssocietysligo.bsky.social as part of the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Writers in the Regions initiative 📗📕📗
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May 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Sean O’Reilly delivers a masterclass in narrative perspective at the @yeatssocietysligo.bsky.social as part of the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Writers in the Regions initiative 📗📕📗
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Read the full review here:
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May 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Read the full review here: ⬇️ booksirelandmagazine.com/warrior-woma...
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May 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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⭐️Wordwell Books seek a part time bookkeeper⭐️
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April 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
⭐️Wordwell Books seek a part time bookkeeper⭐️
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#jobfairy @eastwoodbooks.bsky.social
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(iykyk). Read an extract from Gatsby: Death of an Irishman by Patrick O’Sullivan Greene: booksirelandmagazine.com/alcohol-woul...
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April 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
(iykyk). Read an extract from Gatsby: Death of an Irishman by Patrick O’Sullivan Greene: booksirelandmagazine.com/alcohol-woul...
@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @eastwoodbooks.bsky.social @historyireland.bsky.social
@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @eastwoodbooks.bsky.social @historyireland.bsky.social
This looks like a cracker—more details here:
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April 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This looks like a cracker—more details here:
⭐ booksirelandmagazine.com/childrens-bo... ⭐
@childrensbooksireland.ie @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
⭐ booksirelandmagazine.com/childrens-bo... ⭐
@childrensbooksireland.ie @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
Our monthly bestseller charts are out!
Find the full lists here: booksirelandmagazine.com/irishbestsel...
Support your local bookshops ❤️
@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @bookstationeire.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
Find the full lists here: booksirelandmagazine.com/irishbestsel...
Support your local bookshops ❤️
@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @bookstationeire.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Our monthly bestseller charts are out!
Find the full lists here: booksirelandmagazine.com/irishbestsel...
Support your local bookshops ❤️
@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @bookstationeire.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
Find the full lists here: booksirelandmagazine.com/irishbestsel...
Support your local bookshops ❤️
@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @bookstationeire.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
Sarah Kilcoyne, author of The Lost Treasure of Clew Bay, talks about her life and work as an illustrator 🎨
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@halfwayupbooks.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
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@halfwayupbooks.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Sarah Kilcoyne, author of The Lost Treasure of Clew Bay, talks about her life and work as an illustrator 🎨
booksirelandmagazine.com/keep-develop...
@halfwayupbooks.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/keep-develop...
@halfwayupbooks.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social