Non-fiction

In From Ten till Dusk, A Portrait of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts in Twelve Stories (RHA Publication) writer and art critic Cristín Leach weaves stylistic agility with keen commentary to evoke the different epochs in the oscillating fortunes of the Academy’s journey since its founding in 1823, bringing to life a selection of […]

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Syrian-Irish writer Suad Aldarra’s memoir I Don’t Want to Talk About Home (Doubleday 2022), fits uneasily across Syrian non-fiction, Irish literary production, and literatures of refuge. Suad and Rita Sakr will be in conversation exploring these intersections – the challenges and opportunities they present for local and international readership, translation and creativity. Moving from Damascus […]

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Join authors Doreen Cunningham and Alice Kinsella in conversation with art critic and author Cristín Leach about motherhood, the climate crisis, and the restorative power of the sea. Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales (Virago) charts Cunningham’s journey with her young son, following the grey whale migration back to the Arctic. In Milk (Picador), […]

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Kathleen Lynn’s Diaries (UCD Press) is a new book containing selected extracts from the extensive diaries of Dr Kathleen Lynn (1874-1955), which spanned from 1916 until 1955; shedding light on her political activities, feminist ideas, medical work, and personal life. Join the books editors Dr Mary McAuliffe and Harriet Wheelock, author and journalist Dr Martina […]

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The Phoenix Park is Ireland’s best-known park. Each day, hundreds of people come into the park to work within what is the largest walled park in Europe. Every night, the gas lamps that line the park are lit – a tradition passed down through generations of one family: the Flanagans. Join brothers James and Frank […]

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Cheannaigh an Tiarna George Hill leath de pharóiste Ghaoth Dobhair roimh an Drochshaol agus thosaigh sé ar fheachtas le saol na ndaoine a athrú ó bhonn.  Nuair a tháinig an Gorta Mór, d’athraigh an caidreamh maith eatarthu go coimhlint. Ríomhann Cathal Póirtéir an scéal ó thús go deireadh ina leabhar nua, An Tiarna George Hill […]

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Madhouse (Sandycove) is the riotous, insightful and moving new memoir from Dublin comedian PJ Galllagher, starting with his chaotic childhood, and covering everything from dogs, motorbikes and the art of small talk, to the lessons of mental breakdown, finally figuring out love, and the prospect of becoming a father. PJ will be in conversation with […]

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Join author and Professor of Psychiatry Brendan Kelly in discussion about his latest book with writer and journalist Caelainn Hogan. In 1814, the Richmond Lunatic Asylum at Grangegorman started an extraordinary programme of asylum building across Ireland, resulting in a huge increase in ‘mental hospitals’ around the country. Through letters, medical records and doctors’ notes,  […]

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The climate and ecological crisis can often seem overwhelming. Our panel of experts will shed light on the reality of where we are today, and on contributing to shaping tomorrow. With meteorologist Joanna Donnelly, Lorna Gold, author of Climate Generation: Awakening to our Children’s Future (Veritas) and Éanna Ní Lamhna, author of Wild Musings: A […]

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In John Hume: The Persuader (Gill Books) author and journalist Stephen Walker combines over 100 interviews with many of Hume’s colleagues, critics and family members, with never-before-published interviews with Hume himself to present a comprehensive portrait of one of the most significant political figures in Northern Ireland and around the world. Join the author in […]

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Join editor and writer Martin Doyle as he discusses his new book with broadcaster Joe Duffy. Written with a literary sensibility, Dirty Linen (Merrion Press) is a personal, intimate and revelatory history of the Troubles seen through the microcosm of a single rural parish, the author’s own, part of both the Linen Triangle – heartland […]

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The idea of ‘the wild’ has great power both to attract us, and to repel us – sometimes both at once. Before the Romantic movement, the term was mainly repellent in European literature, referring to ‘uncivilised’ lands and peoples, savage, dangerous and frightening places. The Romantics inverted this stereotype, seeing untamed and uncrowded nature as […]

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