Welcome back to the Irish bestselling books charts, where we’re delighted this week to feature a much-loved author whose new book is soaring at the top of the Top 20 with the kind of sales ...

Writers’ Week is Ireland’s first and longest running literary festival. Since 1971, writers and readers congregate in the heritage town of Listowel at the end of May to celebr ...

Bookselling Ireland (the Booksellers Association (BA) in Ireland) are delighted to announce the ambassadors for Independent Bookshop Week 2026, which this year marks its 20th anniversary. The ...

Penny allowed herself to be gathered up carefully as the vet gently inserted the catheter into her front leg. The decline had been slow but steady since Christmas and blood tests had revealed ...

Competition deadline: 1st May 2026 The annual Molly Keane Creative Writing Award, run by Waterford City & County Council Arts Office, is to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly ...

When submitting a story to a literary agent or publisher, a synopsis plays a crucial role in helping them quickly understand the full arc of your narrative. Unlike a blurb meant to entice readers, a ...

But, Really, You Should Start Next Year’s Application Today. Right Now. And This Is Why. I submitted my Arts Council Arts Grant application yesterday. I am writing this, completely sleep deprived, ...

Words of warning: writing is a selfish solitary occupation and research becomes addictive. You will find Fate has an unexpected habit of intervening too. My own exciting journey began when I ...

Two Little Girls in Blue: my writing of it is a tale in itself, for one thing led to another. I’d always known that lovely, sad song of 1893 . . . An uncle tells his nephew of his own past: how he ...

Human Authored scheme launched as generative AI threatens authors’ livelihoods. The Society of Authors (SoA) is launching a Human Authored scheme to help identify works written by humans in ...

Saint Patrick was actually not an Irishman originally, although over time in his heart he was deeply Irish. He was born to Roman Citizens in the 4th Century and at birth he was named Maewyn Succat ...

As a journalist, your instinct is to be clear, concise and truthful. As a novelist, all three adjectives are up for debate. I once listened to the Scottish writer Andrew ...