Nine independent bookshops have been crowned regional and country winners for The British Book Awards 2026 Independent Bookshop of the Year. Selected by the judges from 76 finalists announced last ...

Translating the Dublin Voice For Irish writers, Sean O’Casey needs little introduction. His dialogue carries the sound and cadence of the Dublin streets, veering ...

The origins of EL are varied and complex. The novel began slowly and germinated over time before the serious process of writing began. I do remember an initial starting point though – an absurd ...

Erik S. Meyers, author of the Sally Witherspoon mystery series, on how the key to writing lead characters is to ‘be unique’. When I was planning my murder mystery series, the most ...

Welcome to this week’s Irish bestselling books, where World Book Day is sending sales surging and dominating the Top 20 – but there are a few other books doing very well too, including ...

Competition deadline: 2nd April 2026 The June Fest National Short Story Competition invites writers aged 18+ from across Ireland to submit original, unpublished work in English. Open to all ...

Kit de Waal and Wendy Erskine have been longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Kit de Waal’s The Best of Everything is a tender and unforgettable story of found family and the long way ...

Mark Ellis has been awarded the very first Cob and Pen Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction of 2025 at the inaugural Bloody Barnes Crime Festival, a standout new prize in the crime fiction world.

I pursued this journey with a purpose: to represent my generation. I wanted to portray what it means to be a teenager. In this novella, I acknowledge the trials we face and the obstacles we all ...

An Post is to donate and deliver over 40,000 books to children in hospitals, care settings and Direct Provision Centres for World Book Day on Thursday, 5th March – in partnership with Children’s ...

Author Nicole Liang on her fascinating life journey and how she came to write her novel, The Deflector . . . Growing up, I’ve always been intrigued by fantasy and storytelling. Sometime in primary ...