Fiction

A love story and an adventure, The Heart in Winter is a unique novel, presenting the translator with fantastic but demanding material. Kevin Barry and his Romanian translator Michaela Buruiană will discuss how to transport the readers of the English and Romanian editions to Butte, Montana in 1891, a space and time so far from […]

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Join an evening of conversation around three transportive and absorbing novels. Set in an era of global upheaval, Eden’s Shore (John Murray Press) by Oisín Fagan is an epic and imaginative tale of greed, revenge and love. Rembrandt’s Promise (Eriu) by Barbara Leahy draws us back to the Dutch Golden Age in this gripping story […]

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From gripping plots and shocking twists to truths that may be best left buried, join us as two bestselling crime writers explore the lure of crime writing for readers and writers alike. Deadly Evidence (Hachette) is the latest crime thriller from former State Pathologist and author Marie Cassidy, about speaking truth to power no matter […]

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How do we go on in the most challenging of times and when the worst has happened? Claire Gleeson’s Show Me Where It Hurts (Hodder and Stoughton) and June O’Sullivan’s The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife (Poolbeg) are two beautifully written and deeply affecting debuts exploring loss, grief, motherhood, and the power of the human spirit to […]

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Join three bestselling Irish contemporary fiction authors, Faith Hogan, Sheila O’Flanagan and Sophie White, as they explore the themes that define their work: resilience, relationships, personal transformation, and the rich tapestry of modern Irish life. The conversation will also delve into the changing face of women’s fiction, how these authors craft characters that readers around […]

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Celebrate the darker season with Tramp Press! . Join us to launch the new anthology An Alternative Irish Christmas. . When shadows grow longer, when expectation weighs heavy, how do people in Ireland mark Christmas? A woman shops for a very particular Christmas dinner; a man tries to buy a puppy for his daughter; a […]

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