We are proud to bring you a special, three-part summer series of conversation and music, presented by Manchán Magan and filmed amidst some of the most beautiful scenery in Ireland. Discover a new volume online each Tuesday from July 6th. Featuring: Mike McCormack, Billy O’Callaghan, Michael Fewer, Alice Taylor, Jane Clarke, Alice Kinsella, and music […]
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The sun may be shining, but it still feels that we could do with some good news while we wait for the world to open back up again. Luckily, we in the Irish book community are never short of good news thanks to the commitment and dedication of each of […]
Dublin Book Festival are delighted to announce that we have joined forces with the incredible team at Belfast Book Festival to bring you a discussion on Magical Realism in Modern Literature. Chaired by Peter Murphy, join writers Jan Carson, Deirdre Sullivan and Cathy Sweeney as they explore the use of […]
Title: Leonard and Hungry Paul Author: Rónán Hession Publisher: Bluemoose Books Reviewer: Grace Kelly Pages: 656 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781910422755 Price: €9.99 Publication Date: February 2021 (first published 2019) Category: Fiction Leonard and Hungry Paul is a novel that explores loneliness, the ordinary and friendship. Leonard is a single man […]
Dublin Book Festival in association with Culture Ireland are delighted to announce three Irish Literary events at the Blue Metropolis Festival in Montreal, Canada, which will be screened on April 29th. The three free events will feature as part of the “Other Encounters” section of the festival and promise to […]
Title: Nora Author: Nuala O’Connor Publisher: New Island Reviewer: Caoimhe White Release date: 10 April 2021 ISBN: 9781848407893 Pages: 386 Price: €16.95 Literary celebrations of the lives of the women woven into the fabric of history are taking a stand: A Ghost in the Throat (Tramp Press) by Doireann Ní […]
One of the upshots of the times we are living in is that people have cultivated a new-found passion for creating art of all kinds. We at DBF noticed a particular interest in the creation of ‘zines’, short home-made publications that are known for their limited print-runs and focus on […]
International Women’s Day is a great time to look at your bookshelf (and your twitter timeline) and ruminate on the extraordinary writing that Irish women have offered to the world. Here, we list some of our favourite Irish Women Writers whose work you should seek out and celebrate this International […]
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we wanted to curate a list of five collections by Irish women that you absolutely must read. 1 The Portable Virgin, by Anne Enright A collection of elegantly crafted and hard-hitting short stories. This début thrust Enright onto the literary scene as a force […]
Book: Acts of Desperation Author: Megan Nolan Publisher: Jonathan Cape Reviewer: Caoimhe White Release Date: March 4 2021 Pages: 288 ISBN: 9781787333369 Price: €16.95 / £14.99 There is an edge to the first conversation between the unnamed narrator of Acts of Desperation and Ciaran, the novel’s beautiful but callous love […]
This month, we’ve seen so many great Irish publishing houses and Literary Journals open for submissions, so we just had to compile a list of all the places you should send your work this month. Remember that each publisher and journal has different submission guidelines and that they should be […]
Book: Pure Gold Author: John Patrick McHugh Publisher: New Island Reviewer: Caoimhe White Release Date: February 26 2021 Pages: 244 ISBN: 97818484079166 Price: €12.95 With its opening story, ‘Bonfire’, John Patrick McHugh’s debut collection, Pure Gold (New Island), offers the reader a baptism of fire: as the story’s narrator and […]