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 […]
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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 […]
This week, we are celebrating the glory of the short story with a list of ten Irish collections that will remind you just how great they can be. Join us as we invite you to re-read some of your favourites, and discover some new collections too. Modern Times by Cathy […]
We have news! We are so excited to bring you exclusive plans for Dublin Book Festival 2021. This year, the festival will run from 12th – 15th November. We still cannot believe the support we received from our audiences, publishers, authors and partners during DBF2020. It was a year like […]
Looking for some bookish content to accompany your reading this year? Then have a listen to these book-related Irish podcasts that we’ve been enjoying recently. Inside Books Hosted by Breda Brown, the Inside Books podcast takes you inside the world of writing, from book news to interviews with authors and […]
The literary scene in Ireland has always been blessed with fantastic writers, and luckily for us, there is no shortage of excellent literary journals and magazines to champion them. Today, we celebrate just some of those journals, new and established, and encourage you to lend your support to their work […]
As we have come to expect, there is no shortage of excellent book releases coming this year from Irish authors and publishers. Join us as we take a look at just a small selection of our most highly anticipated releases for 2021. Pure Gold – John Patrick McHugh (New Island) […]