Sarah Hannah Walsh on the creative journey that has resulted in the publication of her picture book, Aggie Witchfinder . . . I was working from home when I got the email from The O’Brien Press, ...

Welcome back to the Irish bestselling books lists. While it’s great to see some brand new releases in fiction hitting the charts this week, we’ve got some brilliant books in ...

It was 1988, a bad time for junior doctors in Ireland. There was endless wrangling about overtime payments, ending in a pittance being paid for all the extra hours you always had to work, anywhere ...

Competition deadline: 14th October 2026 The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is organised by the Australian Book Review and honours the life and work of the acclaimed Australian poet Peter Porter ...

The Shape of Monsters by C.L. Hellisen: A gothic descent into a world of darkness, magic and twisted loyalties. It started with an image of a tattooed man in his car, with his life in a shambles. I ...

The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2026 has been announced, featuring two previous winners, a previous shortlistee, and three authors new to the prize. The shortlist of six books has been selected ...

Three Pillars Press have announced the publication of its first two poetry Pamphlets – winner and runner-up in their 2026 ...

Author Séamus Ó Tuama on completing his father’s unfinished manuscript – a history of Belfast from a native Irish perspective. When my father, Diarmuid Ó Tuama, died suddenly in January 2023, he ...

I held my breath as I clicked to open the email and dared to hope. Maybe this time, my manuscript would be accepted. I had worked on it for years, lost count of the many rewrites – searching for shaky ...

The Return of Irish Writers Online by Patrick Chapman Philip Casey (1950–2018) was a poet, novelist and dramatist. He was also the tech-sage of Arran Street East. An innovator on the Irish ...

The story that became Blacktail started in an online writing workshop guided by professional editors. Every week-ish, they’d toss out some story prompts and let the aspirants see what they could ...

I am having a luxurious Sunday writing a new novel from what I call my “bed office”. It is me with a laptop, enough pillows to make Cleopatra jealous and a king size bed. I have a gorgeous pink ...