The Red Line Book Festival returns this October, marking its 15th anniversary with an exciting programme filled with over 40 ...

Getting unstuck: author Oran Doyle on the writing of and the road to publication for his novel Give Me ’til Midnight. I was stuck. I’d been writing middle-grade children’s novels for eight ...

The Castle by the Stop Light. The Castle by the Stop Light began without me even knowing it one dark and rainy night in Swords, Co. Dublin. I was trying to figure out a bus schedu ...

Lindsay J. Sedgwick, author of Mischievous Magical Maia Malone, asks: is all publicity good? ‘Perhaps’, she tells us . . . First things first: you can’t do everything. I read so much ...

Past Voices, Future Stories Listowel International Storytelling Festival returns from 17–20 September 2026, bringing storytellers, poets, musicians and audiences together for four days of stories, ...

Bluebird: It doesn’t get easier, you just get stronger . . . It only takes one ‘YES’! I believe that dreams can come true. Not by chance, but by bringing together steely determination, ...

Competition deadline: 28th September 2026 Ireland’s Own is pleased to announce details of our 2026 Writing Competition. Entrants are invited to compete for €2,450 in gift-card prizes. OPEN ...

Nobody Knows Your Book Exists My name is J.M. Lane. I’m an independent Irish author, and my books have sold more than 50,000 copies. I say that at the beginning because, if I am going to spend the ...

Welcome to this week’s Irish bestselling books, where our featured book is the latest novel from Donal Ryan – always a firm favourite and a big seller in the Irish bestselling books charts.